TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



FIG. PAGE 



1. Muscles of the foreleg 28 



2. Rupture of suspensoiy ligament, flexor perforatus, and flexor 



perf orans 34 



3. Lameness from bursitis inter-tubercularis 41 



4. Complete paralysis of the radial nerve 43 



5. Schema of the more important tendon sheaths and bvirsfe of 



the fore-limb seen from in front and without 52 



6. The same, as seen from the front 52 



7. Eupture of the superior sesamoidal or suspensory ligament. ... 56 



8. Excessive dorsal flexion 57 



9. Location of splints 60 



10. Flexor pedis perforans and perforatus tendon in a case of sesa- 



moidal lameness 67 



11. Articular ringbone 71 



12. Peri-articular ringbone 72 



13. Muscles of the hindleg 79 



14. Tendon sheaths and bursae of the hind-limb of the horse, seen 



from without 89 



15. Incomplete crural paralysis 97 



16. Left-sided chronic inflammation of the stifle joint 102 



17. Bilateral chronic inflammation of the stifle joint 103 



18. Luxation of the patella 104 



19. Rupture of flexor metatarsi muscle 107 



20. Spavined hock 110 



21. Curb 115 



22. Position of the limb in infectious inflammation of the flexor 



pedis perforatus sheath in the fetlock region 118 



23. Schema illustrating fractures of the pelvis in the horse 123 



24. Position of the hoof in disease of the plantar cushion 137 



25. Position of anterior limbs in laminitis 138 



26. Hoof deformed by chronic laminitis 141 



27. Ossification of the lateral cartilages 147 



28. 1, Loose wall ; 2 and 3, hollow wall ,. . . 149 



29. Complete bilateral contracion 151 



30. Unilateral contraction 152 



31. Contracted sole and dislocation of the wall at the toe 153 



32. Coronarj- contraction 153 



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