. The horse in the stable and the field : his management in health and disease. ion has commenced, with great ease. These [arts areseparately displayed. The several parts which we shall have toexamine, commencing from without, are—1. The horny ^ase orhoof; 2. The parts which secrete it; 3. The arteries which supplyit with blood; and 4. The pedal bone and cartilages, as well asthe navicular bone, which it encases. The hoof consists of three distinct parts, which, though in therecent state they are inseparably united, may be readily separatedafter maceration for a few days. These are the externa
. The horse in the stable and the field : his management in health and disease. ion has commenced, with great ease. These [arts areseparately displayed. The several parts which we shall have toexamine, commencing from without, are—1. The horny ^ase orhoof; 2. The parts which secrete it; 3. The arteries which supplyit with blood; and 4. The pedal bone and cartilages, as well asthe navicular bone, which it encases. The hoof consists of three distinct parts, which, though in therecent state they are inseparably united, may be readily separatedafter maceration for a few days. These are the external wall orcrust, the sole or slightly concave surfiice forming the bottom orfloor of the case, and the triangular central portion of this calledthe frog. The crust reaches from the edge of the hairy skin tothe ground, and averages about three inches and a half in depth. 292 THE HORSE. The front is the toe, the back the heel, and the intermediate partthe quarter on each side. It is said by Bracy Clark to be asegment of a cylinder, but it is really narrower at the top than at.
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