yj CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



yage 



THE FORE-LEGS AND THEIR DISEASES, 227 



The shoulder: sprain of the shoulder: slanting direction of the shoulder, import- 

 ance of : how applicable to horses of heavy draught : muscle of the outside of the 

 shoulder: trapesius : levator humeri: serratus : sterno-maxillaris : spinati = pec- 

 torals: the lower bone of the shoulder: the arm: the elbow: principle of the leve 

 applied to it: the extensor muscles : the flexors: disadvantag:e at which they act : the 

 perforated muscle: the perforating: the arm should be long: the knee: broken 

 knees: the leg: splent: speedy-cut: tied in below the knee: sprain of the back 

 sinews : necessity of attention to any thickening on them : windgalls: the pasterns 

 the suspensory ligaments: obliquity of the pasterns: rupture of the suspensory liga- 

 ment: the fetlock : grogginess: cutting : bones of the pasterns : sprain of the coffia- 

 joint : ring-bone : position of the legs. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 THE HINDER-LIMBS AND THEIR DISEASES 256 



The haunch : being ragged-hipped: width of haunch: the thigh : muscles of the 

 inside of tne tuigh : the sartorius : gracilis: muscles of the outside of the thigh: the 

 glutaei: great trochanter of the thigh, importance of: sprain of the round bone: the 

 stifle: the extensor pedis muscle: the peronaeus : the liexor pedis: thorough-pin: 

 the hock: enlargement of the hock: curb: bog-spavin: bone-spavin: other lame- 

 ness of the hock: the point of the hock: capped hock: mallenders and sallenders: 

 cow-hocks : stringhalt: swelled legs; grease, cause and treatment of : washing the 

 heels : danger of cutting the hair from the heels. 



CHAPTER XV. 

 ANATOMY OP THE FOOT 280 



The crust or wall of the foot : the inner heel should not he too much cut away : 

 the coronary ligament : the coronary ring : the frog-band : the crust : colour of the 

 bars: folly of destroying them: the frogs: the sole: the cothn-bone: the sensible 

 sole : the sensible frog : the navicular bone : the cartilages of the foot. 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 DISEASES OP THE FOOT, 289 



Inflammation of the foot, or acute founder: pumiced feet: chronic founder : con- 

 traction: the navicular joint-disease ; sand-crack : tread or over-reach : false-quarter: 

 quittor; prick, or wound in the foot: corns! thrush: canker: ossification of the 

 cartilages : weakness of the foot. 



CHAPTER XVII. 

 ON SHOEING, 311 



The concave-seated shoe: preparation of the foot: putting on of the shoe: cal- 

 kins: clips: the hind-shoe: the hunting-shoe: the bar-shoe: tips: the expanding- 

 shoe : felt or leather soles. 



CHAPTER XVIIl. 

 OPERATIONS 3*:0 



The trevis: the side-line: the hobbles t the twitch: the barnacles- Weeding- 

 blistering: firing: setons: docking: nicking. 



