The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies; . FIG. 22.—EXTERNAL PAKTS OF THE HOOF. Turning to the outer coverings of the hoof, we note thatit is made up of two parts: the one seen above the ground,and the other that which is placed on the ground; in otherwords, the wall and the sole. The wall is divided into the toe (Fig. 22, a), which is theforward point of the hoof; the heel^ which is the hinderpart, where the notch is seen; the quarters, which are theportions on each side, midway between the toe and the heel,. FIG. 23.—THE SOLE OF THE HOOF. and which are known respectively
The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies; . FIG. 22.—EXTERNAL PAKTS OF THE HOOF. Turning to the outer coverings of the hoof, we note thatit is made up of two parts: the one seen above the ground,and the other that which is placed on the ground; in otherwords, the wall and the sole. The wall is divided into the toe (Fig. 22, a), which is theforward point of the hoof; the heel^ which is the hinderpart, where the notch is seen; the quarters, which are theportions on each side, midway between the toe and the heel,. FIG. 23.—THE SOLE OF THE HOOF. and which are known respectively as the inside and theoutside quarter; the upper, or coronary border (e); thelower, or solar border; and the bars, which are the re- 192 Diseases of the Horse. flections of the wall, in toward the centre of the foot, onits ground surface^ When the horse is not shod, it is uponthese bars that he walks. The ground surface, or sole of the foot, is made up ofthe bars, which, as we have said, are only parts of thewall of the hoof turned backward and downward; thefrog (Fig. 23, a); the cleft of the frog (c); and the soleproper (b b), which forms the principal part of the groundsurface of the hoof. The four hard parts of which the hoof is composed, towit, the wall, the sole, the frog and the two bones (coffinbone and navicular bone), can readily be separated byboiling. Besides these, there are in the hoof, the fattyfrog, or the plantar cushion which is above the frog,tendons, nerves, blood-vessels, cartilage, and glands forthe
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