808 



.1 )i s I-: A s Ks A X I) '1' 1 1 h^ 1 1 ; t n v:a t m i*; n t. 



liool' to liavo nltained an nndnc obliquity, and furvc in Ihcii- course 

 from above downwai'd. 



Till' onii'ravint;' of the coffin-bone of lbe foot, of Avhicli the above- 



FiG. 710. 



described hoof forms part, is remarkable under the twofold aspect 

 of deformity and diminution of substance. The space occupied by 

 the bone Avithin the hoof, and its -weight, are reduced probably two- 

 thirds the ])roportion 



of its primitive com- 

 plete groAA- 1 1j , Av li i 1 e 

 the hoof, viewed su- 

 perficially, greatly ex- 

 ceeds the normal size. 

 I have mentioned the 

 superficial aspect of 

 the form, that is, the 

 deceptive view, the 



one common to aged 

 horses with defective 

 and diseased feet. 

 Surface and substance 

 do not amount to the 

 same thing; Aveakness 

 and disease are com- 

 mon to the first, but 

 strength and perfec- 

 tion are only com- 

 patible Avith de])(h of cubical capacitj'^, with proportionate sub- 

 stanci'. and form of sirnctnrc. 



The animal Avhich supplied matei'ial for the above illustrations 

 was Bent to the Ncm^ A^eterinary College, when very lame, in 1859. 

 With difficulty the horse had been led from his stable. Bar-shoes, 

 with leather soles, hid from view surfaces of soles and frogs painful 

 even to look on when exposed. 



Fi<;. ril. 



