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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 THE FORE-LEGS AND THEIR DISEASES 227 



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

 ance of: how applicable to horses of heavy draught: muscle of the oulside oi the 

 shoulder: trapesius ; levator humeri: serralus : sterno-maxillaris: spinati : !*<;• 

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

 applied to it : the extensor muscles : the flexors : disalvaiitage 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 coffin- 

 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 tiie tnigh : the sartorius : gracilis: muscles of the outside of the thigh: the 

 glutei: great trochanter of the thigh, im.portance of : sprain of the round bone: the 

 etirte : the extensor pedis muscle: the peronseus : the flexor 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 OF THE FOOT, 280 



The crust or wall of the foot : the inner heel should not be 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 cofhn-bone: the sensible 

 sole: the sen.sible frog: the navicular bone : the cartilages of the foot. 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 DISEASES OF 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 XVI II. 

 OPERATIONS 320 



The trevis: the side-line: the hobbles: the twitch: the barnacles- bleeding 

 D.'atering: tiring: setons: docking: nicking. 



