EXPLANATION OF PLATE IIL 



FOOT OF THE HORSE. 



This cut represents the foot of a horse sawed from above the 



fetlock down througfh the centre of the foot, showing- the 



structure of the foot, and gfivingf the names of 



each part according- to number. 



I. Lower end of large metacarpal, 

 or shin bone. 



.2. Bursa, which secretes the joint 

 oil that lubricates the place 

 where the tendon, or cord, on 

 the front of the leg- passes 

 down over the front of the fet- 

 lock joint. This is important 

 as it sometimes gets injured 

 and becomes enlarged, it is 

 then called a puffy or bursal 

 enlargement, and is of the 

 same nature as a wind gall. 



3. Fetlock joint. 



4. Large pastern bone. 



5. Pastern joint. This joint is im- 



portant, for when diseased it is 

 the seat of a high-up ringbone. 



6. Coffin joint. This joint is im- 



portant for when it is diseased 



it is the seat of a low-down 



ringbone. 

 Wall of the hoof. 

 Quick of the foot, or sensitive 



wall. 

 Quick of the foot, or sensitive sole. 

 Os Pedis, or foot bone. 

 Coffin, or navicular bone. This 



is important for when diseased 



it is the seat of coffin joint 



lameness. 

 Fatty Frog. 



Frog of the foot, or horny frog. 

 Back tendons below fetlock. 

 Fetlock bones (2 in number) one 



on each side of the joint. 

 Skin. 

 Back tendons above fetlock. 



SPECIAL NOTICE. — Every place where Tablespoonful is 

 mentioned in this booI< should read : Small, or Desert 

 T.ablespoonful, which is equal to two Teaspoonfuls. 



