The horse / by William Youatt. With A treatise of draught.

  • William Youatt
Date:
1843
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Credit: The horse / by William Youatt. With A treatise of draught. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    medical means may be adopted to cure the horse, they are, however, better declined, lest in an unfortunate issue of the case they should be misrepre¬ sented, 492. Unsteadiness whilst mounting, remedy for, 447. Urine, albuminous, 314 ; bloody, ib. Vastus muscle, description of the, 355. Vatican, the obelisk in the, curious method of moving it, 545. Vehicles of draught, comparison of the best, 556, 557. Veins, description of the, 247 ; of the arm, description, &c. 360; of the neck, ditto, 215; of the face, ditto, 172; of the shoulder, ditto, 326; inflammation of the, treatment of, 215. Velocity, calculation of, 529, 531. Vena portarum, the, 297. Verdigris, an uncertain medicine, when given internally, 504 ; a mild caustic, ib. Vermin, account of, 485. Vertebrae, the dorsal and lumbar, 221. Vertebrated animals, what, 106. Vices of horses, account of the, 440. Vicious to clean, a bad habit that should be conquered, 448 ; to shoe, a bad habit that may also be conquered, ib. Vinegar, its use in veterinary practice, 495. Vines, Mr., his use of the Spanish fly in glanders, 502. Viper, account of the bite of, 290. Vision, theory of, 130. Vitreous humour of the eye, account of the, 133. Vitriol, blue, use of, in veterinary practice, 504. Waggon horse, the, 98. Waggons, inferior horses may be used in them, compared with carts, 555 ; horses drawing, not so fatigued as in carts, 555; require fewer drivers, and are not so liable to accidents, ib. ; with inferior roads and ordinary horses preferable to carts, ib.; with large front wheels, ad¬ vantage of, 554; particularly with two horses abreast, ib. ; reason why they have more draught than two-wheeled carts, 556. Walking, movement of the legs in, 527 ; different when drawing a load, ib. Wall-eyed horses, what, 131 ; whether they become blind, ib. War-horse, description of the ancient, 57. Warbles, treatment of, 230. Warranty, the form of a, 491; breach of, how established, ib.; no price will imply it, ib. ; when there is none, the action must be brought on ground of fraud, ib. Warts, method of getting rid of, 484. Washing of the heels, productive of grease, 371. Washy horses, description and treatment of, 303. Wasps, treatment of the sting of, 290. Water, generally given too sparingly, 472 ; management of on a journey, ib.; the difference in effect, between hard and soft, ib. ; spring, principally injurious on account of its coldness, ib. ; stomach of the horse, the, 295. Water farcy, nature and treatment of, 187. Water conveyance, smallness of power required in, 538 ; resistance to, increases with the square of the velocity, 539 ; power to be exerted in, increases as the cube of the velocity, ib. Water-dropwort, poisonous, 291; hemlock, poisonous, ib.; parsley, poisonous, ib. Wax used in charges and plasters, 517. Weakness of the foot, what, 403. Weaving indicating an irritable temper, and no cure for it, 456. Weight, calculation of the power of the horse to overcome, 97, 525, 528. Wellesley Arabian, account of the, 72. Welsh pony, description of the, 103. Wheat, considered as food for the horse, 467, 471 ; inconvenience and danger of it, 467. Wheels, the principle on which they act explained, 518 ; effect of increasing the diameter of the, 560 ; no record of the time of their invention, 545 ; spoked, known to Homer, ib.; little improvement of the principle of, from the earliest times, ib.; principle of, on a level sur¬ face, 546 ; theory of the degree of friction attending them, 547 ; friction of on the axle, dependent on the material employed, ib. ; consideration of the various forms of, 549 ; dishing of, described, 550 ; ad¬ vantages of, ib. ; conical and flat, calcu¬ lation between the effects of, 555, 562 ; obliquely placed, ill consequences of, 551 ; narrow and broad, comparison be¬ tween, 550 ; conical, strange degree of friction and dragging with, 551 ; travel¬ ling grindstones, 551 ; cylindrical, the best form, ib.; description of, and proper rounding of the edges, 553; but influ¬ enced by the state of the road, ib.; bind, should follow the precise track of the fore ones, ib. ; considered as to their effect on the road, 553 ; straddlers, description of, and their effect, 553; proper breadth of, in proportion to the load, 554 ; with cast-iron naves, 554 ; size of, ib.; advantage of large front ones, ib.; should have the spokes so arranged as to present themselves against the greatest force, 558. Wheezer, description of the, 279 ; is un¬ sound, 487. Whipping, sound, cruelty of, 97. Whisperer, the, anecdotes of his power over the horse, 44 I.
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