. The horse in the stable and the field : his management in health and disease. purpose, as for instance, in ascertainingthe nature of a hard body before kicking at it. THE FOOT. It is necessary to examine the structure of the foot mostcarefully, not as an object of curiosity connected with the sense oftouch, but on account of the numberless diseases and accidents towhich it is subject. No part of the horse is so liable to the effectsof hard work and mismanagement as this, and there is conse-quently none which more requires our care both in health anddisease. The parts, entering into the compo
. The horse in the stable and the field : his management in health and disease. purpose, as for instance, in ascertainingthe nature of a hard body before kicking at it. THE FOOT. It is necessary to examine the structure of the foot mostcarefully, not as an object of curiosity connected with the sense oftouch, but on account of the numberless diseases and accidents towhich it is subject. No part of the horse is so liable to the effectsof hard work and mismanagement as this, and there is conse-quently none which more requires our care both in health anddisease. The parts, entering into the composition of the foot, will bebetter understood by a reference to the annexed section of thephalanges or fingers terminating the metacarpal or metatarsalbones, as the case may be, with their investments. It will be seenthat there is very little space between the pedal bone and thecrust, which, together with the sole, forms a horny case ornatural shoe, for the sensible and delicate investments of thebone. So sm;ill is this space, that when inflammation takes ])lace THE FOOT. 291. Fig. 12—SECTION of the parts entering into the cojiposition of the foot and the FETLOCK AND PASTERN JOINTS. A. Os suffraginb. B. Os coronaj. C. Os pedis. D. Os naviculare. K. E. The perforans and perforatus Inferior sesamoideal ligament. II. Cleft of frog. I. Side of frog cleft. J. Sole. K. Crust. L. Coronary substance. there is no room for any swelling (the invariable accompanimentof that disease), and intense pain is occasioned, as well as rapiddisoiganization of the structure itself. The horny case isattached to the foot by a delicate membrane, which lies in foldsupon the pedal bone, and it can be torn away by violence, or whenputrefaction has commenced, with great ease. These [arts areseparately displayed. The several parts which we shall have toexamine, commencing from without, are—1. The horny ^ase orhoof; 2. The parts which secrete it; 3. The arteries which supplyit with blood; and 4.
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