. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . PLATE VI. SHOEING. 605 PLATE VI. A comparative view of the bones of the fore and hind feet. Figs. 1 and 2. Bones of the fore foot explained in Plate I. Fig. 3. Coronary bone of the hind foot. Fig. 4. Foot bone and navicular bone of the hind foot, show-ing that the surface of the foot bone, which is artic-ulated with the coronary bone, is rather more con-cave than that of the fore foot, and the position ofthe navicular bone more upright; so that the coro-nary bone bears more upon the foot bone and lessupon the -navicular bone. That surface of the
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . PLATE VI. SHOEING. 605 PLATE VI. A comparative view of the bones of the fore and hind feet. Figs. 1 and 2. Bones of the fore foot explained in Plate I. Fig. 3. Coronary bone of the hind foot. Fig. 4. Foot bone and navicular bone of the hind foot, show-ing that the surface of the foot bone, which is artic-ulated with the coronary bone, is rather more con-cave than that of the fore foot, and the position ofthe navicular bone more upright; so that the coro-nary bone bears more upon the foot bone and lessupon the -navicular bone. That surface of the na-vicular bone (A B) which in the fore foot wassmooth, appears rough, and the upper ligaments areattached to the whole of this surface. C C Poirtion of the cartilage of the foot bone ossified,which is not natural, but so frequently met withthat I thought it necessary to notice it, merely bygiving an outHne of it. See large variety of mor-bid specimens in chapters on Navicular Joint Lame-ness and Laminites. 606 Fig. 397. PLATE VII. ^-^.^ - I / / V
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