764: 



DISEASES OF THE WITHEBS. 



Fig. 562.— Transverse Section of the Eegion of the Withers, 

 p.— Skin, fe.— Fibre elastic tissue, t.— Dorsal trapezium, r.— Rhomhoid muscle, 

 •cp.— Cartilage of the scapula, is.— Ilio spinalis, v.— 5th dorsal vertebra, gd.— Great 

 serratus. ss. — Sub-scapularis. s.— Scapula, se. — Antea-spinatus. sh.— Scapulo- 

 humeral joint, pf.— Deep pectoral, pt.— Thoraciq walls. 



Saddle horses are for the same reason peculiarly apt to become 

 sufferers from the lesion of which we are sj^eaking. The self- 

 inflicted bites and the scratching and rubbing of animals suffering 

 from parasitic affections, in their efforts to relieve themselves, may 

 also result in placing them in the category of the predisposed. 



To enumerate all the occasional causes would be to make a 

 catalogue of casualties, which would be best done by copjdng from 

 the accident columns of the daily press, and we shall merely refer 

 to a few of a kind which may possess some sj^ecial characters and 

 notable features, not too obvious or common and familiar 



Contusions of any kind, resulting from the causes stated, or 

 even little abrasions from the simple misfit of a blanket kept in 

 place by a surcingle too tightly buckled — anything, in fact, which 

 may give rise either by its immediate effect or by its continuance. 



