Prescriptions and instructions for treating the disease of the feet and legs of the horse . Fig. 8L coffin view—correct position. 54 SCIENTIFIC Fig. 82. high toe. Defective results shown by lines B, B,audD, D. passes through tlie axis of thecaimon bone reaches the groundat an appreciable distance backof the heel, thus showing theentire foot and limb are thrownforward out of their proper posi-tion. Moreover, the inclinationof the pastern joint is enormouslyincreased, as shown by the lineD, J), whereas the proper in-clination is shown by the lineB, B. Now, if the toe
Prescriptions and instructions for treating the disease of the feet and legs of the horse . Fig. 8L coffin view—correct position. 54 SCIENTIFIC Fig. 82. high toe. Defective results shown by lines B, B,audD, D. passes through tlie axis of thecaimon bone reaches the groundat an appreciable distance backof the heel, thus showing theentire foot and limb are thrownforward out of their proper posi-tion. Moreover, the inclinationof the pastern joint is enormouslyincreased, as shown by the lineD, J), whereas the proper in-clination is shown by the lineB, B. Now, if the toe is low-ered the distance marked C, C, itis apparent that the vertical lineA, A, will be thrown forward tillit will pass through the axis of the proper inclination ofthe pastern joint, is pre-cisely the reverse of whatis the general conclusionof the average instance, an abnor-mal high toe invariablypitches the foot and limbforward, and an extrahigh heel (Fig. 85) hasthe opposite result. Thisis plainly shown in By elevating the toethe vertical line that
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