. An inquiry into the structure and animal œconomy of the horse; comprehending the diseases to which his limbs and feet are subject, with proper directions for shoeing and pointing out a method for ascertaining his age until his twelfth year; to which is added, an attempt to explain the laws of his progressive motion on mechanical and anatomical principles. i? ^ffii/vz/.r //V. M. //au,J,fr„ .r, /,,/ „j- fl, J,/ JJ,,y,/:r /,?//,f/J. PLATE V. FIGURES 1 and 2 represent two liorses of equalheight and length. The points in wliichthey differ consist in fig. 1, being shorter inthe back an
. An inquiry into the structure and animal œconomy of the horse; comprehending the diseases to which his limbs and feet are subject, with proper directions for shoeing and pointing out a method for ascertaining his age until his twelfth year; to which is added, an attempt to explain the laws of his progressive motion on mechanical and anatomical principles. i? ^ffii/vz/.r //V. M. //au,J,fr„ .r, /,,/ „j- fl, J,/ JJ,,y,/:r /,?//,f/J. PLATE V. FIGURES 1 and 2 represent two liorses of equalheight and length. The points in wliichthey differ consist in fig. 1, being shorter inthe back and longer in the quarters than fig. 2. PLATE VI. FIG. 1 represents the hoof of a horse contracted inthe heels by bad shoeing. Fig. 2 represents the hoof of a colt, of which the quar-ters and heels are the widest parts. Fig. 3 gives a viqw of the hoof when shod. Fig. 4 gives a section of the hoof, describing the lami-nated fibres of its inward surface, correspond-ing with those of the coffin
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