CONTENTS. 



Introduction, 

 History, 



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PART I.— THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE FOOT. 



Section I. — The Structure of the Foot. 



General Remarks on the Horse's Foot, 



Chapter I. The bones of the foot, . . . 



1. The lower end of the great metacarpus, 



2. The suffraginis bone or first phalanx, 



3. The two sesamoid bones, 



4. The coronet bone or second phalanx, 



5. The pedal bone or third phalanx, 



6. The navicular bone, .... 



Chapter II. The ligamentous structures of the foot, 



1. The fetlock joint, .... 



2. The pastern joint, .... 



3. The pedal or coffin joint. 



Chapter III. The locomotor apparatus of the foot, 



1. The extensor pedis tendon, 



2. The flexor pedis perforatus tendon, . 



3. The flexor pedis perforans tendon. 



Chapter IV. The elastic tissues of the foot, 



1. The lateral cartilages, 



2. The plantar cushion, .... 



Chapter V. The blood-vessels and nerves of the foot, 



A. Blood-vessels, ..... 



1. The arteries, .... 



2. The veins, .... 



B. The nerves, . . . ' . 



Chapter VI. The protective structures of the foot, 

 A. The horn-secreting structures, 



1. The perioplic ring, 



2. The coronary band, 



3. The sensitive laminae, 



4. The sensitive sole, 



5. The sensitive frog, 



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