The exterior of the horse . ber, the nature, and the diverse basesof support which may exist during the accomplishment of the complete step ofany gait, normal or j)athological. Hydrostatic Method.—M. L. Hoffmann, of Berlin, has conceived the ideaof ap])lying to the analysis of the gaits of the horse the method called thehydrostatic, invented by H. Vierordt for the study of the gaits in man. G. Barrier, Explorateur électrique pour lenregistrement des allures du cheval, in Bulletinde la Société centrale de médecine vétérinaire ; séance du 28 Mars, 1889. - Since the construction of this figure, w


The exterior of the horse . ber, the nature, and the diverse basesof support which may exist during the accomplishment of the complete step ofany gait, normal or j)athological. Hydrostatic Method.—M. L. Hoffmann, of Berlin, has conceived the ideaof ap])lying to the analysis of the gaits of the horse the method called thehydrostatic, invented by H. Vierordt for the study of the gaits in man. G. Barrier, Explorateur électrique pour lenregistrement des allures du cheval, in Bulletinde la Société centrale de médecine vétérinaire ; séance du 28 Mars, 1889. - Since the construction of this figure, we have given to the posterior part of the pedal ananalogous disposition, which dispenses with the rubber membrane, if needs be. 3 L. Hoflmann, Das Extérieur des Pferdes, p. 308, el sefj., Berlin, 1887. 484 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. To this end, he places some thirty metres of white paper along the ground over which thehorse is to travel. Besides, he attaches to the external side of each hoof a brass tube directed. Fig. 119,.—Chaussure exploratrice for registering the gaits by electricity. PP, pedal with spring. V, axis of the latter, unscrewing for cleaning. G, frame for the pedal. EE, screws fixing it to the shoe. F, parietes of pedal forming a box. C, one of the points of contact. BB, knobs for attaching the conducting wires. M, India-rubber membrane.


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