. Diseases & disorders of the horse : a treatise on equine medicine and surgery. Horses; Horses -- Diseases; Horse Diseases. The coffin bone or third digit is peculiar in the horse. Both in structure and economy there is a close analogy between this bone in the horse and the double form of the same bone in the ox ; but the resemblance is only partial, each bone being fitted for the special purpose for which it is wanted. The cloven-footed animal moves with astonishing security over granite rocks, where the horse is less adapted to venture. This fact is shown also in the different kinds of
. Diseases & disorders of the horse : a treatise on equine medicine and surgery. Horses; Horses -- Diseases; Horse Diseases. The coffin bone or third digit is peculiar in the horse. Both in structure and economy there is a close analogy between this bone in the horse and the double form of the same bone in the ox ; but the resemblance is only partial, each bone being fitted for the special purpose for which it is wanted. The cloven-footed animal moves with astonishing security over granite rocks, where the horse is less adapted to venture. This fact is shown also in the different kinds of goat and deer, and in a lesser degree in the ox. All cloven-footed animals are endowed with wonderful security of foothold, but they lack the elasticity needed to carry weight, as well as the graceful movement of the horse, with his ample security of footing over hill and dale. In such places the noble creature finds sustenance for life, and here his special powers of speed and endurance are required. The coffin bone has much of the form of the hoof in its exterior aspect, and when the lateral cartilage, with the other structures attached to it, is seen in connection the whole structure is similar in its outward form to that of the hoof (Cramgee). On. reference to the accompanying picture of the coffin bone, it is seen to resemble in its leading features the external form of the hoof, one chief difference being found to consist in the former being fully a fourth shorter than the inner cavity of the latter. When, however, this wonderfully- constructed bone, of which we append a drawing, is furnished with the cartilages, ligaments, tendons, and all the other important structures, of which it constitutes the centre, it assumes the form and becomes the counterpart of the hoof. The horse's hoof is not only to be regarded as a covering for the protection of the sensitive structures from injury. The hoof has its specially assigned place in the whole economy of the foot, and each separ
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