excessive size, 192
general dropsy, description and treatment, 193
or foal, prolonged retention, cause and treatment, 181
swelling with gas, or emphysema, description and treatment, 194
tumors, or inclosed ovum, description and treatment, 194

Fever, description, causes, and treatment, 38-43

Fibrous bands constricting and crossing neck of womb, description and
treatment, 191

Fibrous constriction of vagina or vulva, cause and treatment, 191

_Filaria_--
_conjunctivae_, parasite of eye, 297
_equina_, parasite of eye, 297
_haemorrhagica_, threadworm causing skin disease, 469
_irritans_, parasite causing summer sores, description and treatment, 469
_multipapillosa_, threadworm causing bleeding skin eruptions, 469
_palpebralis_, parasite of eye, 296

Fistulas, causes, symptoms, and treatment, 502-506

Fits, falling, or epilepsy, symptoms and treatment, 227

Flatfoot, description, 398

Flatulent colic, cause, symptoms, and treatment, 73

Flea, or pulex, prevention and treatment of bite, 482

Flesh fly (_Sarcophaga carnaria_), note, 481

Flexor--
metatarsis, rupture, description, cause, symptoms, and treatment, 377
pedis perforans, description, 397
pedis perforatus, description, 397
tendons or their sheath, and suspensory ligaments, sprains, cause,
symptoms, and treatment, 371

Flies, method of attacking horses; prevention and treatment for bite, 481

Flooding, or bleeding from womb, treatment, 205

Flukes, occurrence in horses, note, 90

Flyblow, or grubs in skin, description and treatment, 481

Foal--
contractions of muscles, description and treatment, 194
monstrosities, description of kinds, causes, and treatment, 194
natural presentation, 185
prolonged retention, cause and treatment, 181
water in head, or hydrocephalus, description and treatment, 192

Foals, newborn, cyanosis affecting, description, 263

Foot--
anatomical review, 395, 583
and fetlock bones, description, 395
canker, causes, symptoms, and treatment, 418
conformation, faults, 398
fetlock, and ankle, diseases, chapter by A. A. Holcombe, 395-457
mange, description and treatment, 480
punctured wounds, description, symptoms, and treatment, 426
sand-cracks, causes, symptoms, and treatment, 432
sole description, 397
_See also_ Hoof.

Forage poisoning, or cerebrospinal meningitis, symptoms and treatment, 237

Forearm, fracture, description, cause, symptoms, and treat