Diseases of the horse and how to treat them; a concise manual of special pathology for the use of horsemen, farmers, stock-raisers, and students in agricultural colleges in the United States . ne, as well as the fine hornylamellae between them and the crust, lose the property of extension,and the horn of the crust is secreted by nature of a more spongycharacter, and much thicker iu substance, than in health. Onmaking a section of such a foot, the arrangement of parts will be«uch as is here delineated in fig. 19, in whijh 1 is the os sutfraginis,2; the OS coronae, and 3, the pedal bone, with it


Diseases of the horse and how to treat them; a concise manual of special pathology for the use of horsemen, farmers, stock-raisers, and students in agricultural colleges in the United States . ne, as well as the fine hornylamellae between them and the crust, lose the property of extension,and the horn of the crust is secreted by nature of a more spongycharacter, and much thicker iu substance, than in health. Onmaking a section of such a foot, the arrangement of parts will be«uch as is here delineated in fig. 19, in whijh 1 is the os sutfraginis,2; the OS coronae, and 3, the pedal bone, with its anterior surfaceeeparnted from that of the crust (7) by a wide space occupied hyspongy matter. Here the toe of the pedal bone projects into thesole and renders it convex, instead of being concave, and corresponding with the lower surface of the pedal bone. The laminae and elastic substances between them and thcii3ontiguous structures no longer the pedal bone to theorust, but the weight falls partly uj. 3n the sole by means of thetoe of the pedal bone, and partly on the frog, which descends sulow that iu spite of the thickness of the shoe it touches the ground LAMINITIS. 121. —SECTION OFTHE FOOT IN CONFIRMEDLAMINITIS. 1. Os sufFraginis. This descent of the frog is a verymarked feature in laminitis, andwhenever it is apparent that dis-ease may be suspected. But to produce such amarked alteration of formas is here delineated and de-scribed takes a long time, andeven then it is only in a fewcases that the disease reaches tothis stage. It will, therefore, benecessary to trace its progress fromthe commencement, and the effectswhich are exhibited as it goes on. When acute laminitis setsIN, there is a considerable amountof fever, indicated by a rapidmilse, usually full and hard, and 2. Os respiration. There is a 4; look of restlessness from &• *rpg. ~ , , , . ii 6- Sole. pain, the horse stamping gently 7. Wall or crust greatly


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