. Elements of hippology ... Horses. ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLOGY. 129 CHAPTER XI DISEASES OF THE FOOT. As we have seen, there is seldom reason, to suspect disease in the horse in the shoulder or thigh, and only occasionally in the elbow, forearm, stifle, or gaskin. The knee, the hock, and the cannons are quite often, and the pasterns and feet are especially liable to be the seats of disease. In the feet, no part is exempt. Beginning at the plantar surface, we find a very common disease in inflam- mation of the frog, called, commonly, thrush. Thrush is a dis- ease of filth and neglect. The salts of ur
. Elements of hippology ... Horses. ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLOGY. 129 CHAPTER XI DISEASES OF THE FOOT. As we have seen, there is seldom reason, to suspect disease in the horse in the shoulder or thigh, and only occasionally in the elbow, forearm, stifle, or gaskin. The knee, the hock, and the cannons are quite often, and the pasterns and feet are especially liable to be the seats of disease. In the feet, no part is exempt. Beginning at the plantar surface, we find a very common disease in inflam- mation of the frog, called, commonly, thrush. Thrush is a dis- ease of filth and neglect. The salts of urine have an es- pecially bad influ- Figure 86.—Thrush axd Contracted Heels, ence on horses' feet, and those animals that are allowed to stand in mud-puddles made of the clay of their stalls mixed with urine are very apt to have this •disease. It also comes from subjecting the animals to extremes —10—. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Marshall, Francis Cutler. [from old catalog]; United States. Military academy, West Point. Dept. of tactics. [from old catalog]. Kansas City : Hudson press
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