X CONTENTS. 



SECTION VI. 



STABLING OF HORSES. 



PAGE 



The Stable itself — Summerinof of Hunters — Summering at grass — Food of 

 Horses — Grooming — Exercise ....... 55 — 59 



SECTION VII. 



THE ANATOMY OF THE HORSE. THE BONES. 



Description of Plate I. — The Composition of Bones — Bones of the Skull — 

 Of the Face — The Posterior Jaw — Anatomy of the Teeth — ^Bones of the 

 Trunk — The Vertebrae — Pelvic Bones — The Coccygeal Bones— Bones of 

 the Thorax : Costae or Ribs, Sternum — Bones of the Anterior Extremities — 

 Scapula or Shoulder-blade Bone — Humerus or Real Arm — Radius and Ulna 

 ■ — Carpus or Knee — Metacarpus or Cannon — Small Metacarpals or Splint 

 Bones, Suff'raginis or Pdstern, Lesser Pastern and Foot Bones — Bones of 

 the Posterior Extremities — The Femur or true Thigh Bone — Patella or 

 Stifle — Tibia or Leg Bone, and the Fibula — Tarsus or Hock Bones — 

 Mechanical Structure of this latter assemblage — Metacarpal, Coronary, 

 and Coffin Bones — The Mechanism of the Skeleton considered . 59 — 90 



SECTION VIII. 



OF THE APPENDAGES TO BONE, 



Cartilages Articular — Non-articular, Attached and Unattached — Peri- 

 osteum, Medulla or Marrow, Connecting and Capsular Ligaments ; Syno- 

 via 90—92 



SECTION IX. 



OF MUSCLES. 



Description of Plate II. — Muscles, their Structure and Functions — 

 Voluntary and Involuntary — Tendons, Aponeuroses, Fascias — Mus- 

 cles of the Head and Neck — Of the Trunk and Abdomen — Muscles 

 of the Anterior Extremity — Of the Posterior Extremity — Description of 

 Plate III. ..." 92—118 



SECTION X. 



OF BURS^ MUCOSA. 



Organs of Anti-attrition, as Mucous Capsules and Mucous Sheaths to the 

 Extensor and Flexor Tendons . . . . . . . 118, 119 



SECTION XL 



OF ARTERIES AND VESSELS. 



Description of Plate IV. — The Vessels of the Body — Arteries, their Struc- 

 ture and Function — Uses of Absorbents — The Pulse, and its vari- 

 ous indications — Mean Pulsations per minute — Differences under varied 

 circumstances — Where most conveniently felt in the Horse — Variations 

 a guide to our judgment in Disease — Distribution of the Arteries — An- 

 terior Aorta — Furnishes the Fore Extremity — Carotids — Supply the Head 

 — The Posterior Aorta — Distribution to the Trunk and Hind Extremity 

 — Pulmonary Arteries. 



Veins. Structure and Functions — The Anterior Cava — The Posterior 

 Cava— The Vena Portse 119-149 



