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lIOKSE-OAVNEll .S GUIDE. 



THE FOOT. 



[Explanations of Plate IV.'] 



Fig. 1, Represents a regularly- built 

 hoof, front and side view. 



" 2, A hoof in which the sole pro- 

 trudes, called hoof-bound. 



" 3, A flat hoof, the sole is on a 

 level with the wall of the hoof. 



" 4, Section of the foot : 



1, Coronet-bone. 



2, Coffin-bone. 



3, Navicular-bone. 

 a, the wall ; b, the sole ; c, the 

 cleft of the frog ; d d, the frog ; 

 e e, the fatty frog, or elastic 

 cusliion ; /, the sensitive sole ; 

 g, the sensitive frog; hhh, 

 tendons of the muscles, which 

 bend the foot ; i, part of the 

 l)astern bone ; ?c Jc, tendons of 

 the muscles, which extend the 

 foot ; /, the coffin-joint ; m, the 

 navicular-joint ; n, the coro- 

 nary substance ; o, the sensi- 

 ble laminae, or covering of the 

 coffin-bone. 



" 5, The horny part of the foot: 

 a, the frog-stay ; h b, the two 



horny projections, rising into 

 the cavity of the hoof, formed 

 by the commissures ; c c, por- 

 tions of the same jirojections. 

 Fig. G, A contracted hoof. 



" 7, A regular, sound hoof, seen 

 from the sole ; a, the toe ; a 1, 

 the inner-toe ; a 2, the outer- 

 toe ; 6 1, the inner-quarter ; 

 b 2, the outer-quarter; c 1, the 

 inner-heel ; c 2, the outer-heel ; 

 d d d, the sole ; e e, the crust, 

 or wall of the hoof; //, the 

 bars ; g g, the commissures ; 

 h k I, the frog ; i i, the bulbs 

 of the heels. 



" 8, Clap of the back sinews, treat- 

 ed by tiring applied in longi- 

 tudinal lines, about half an 

 inch from each other, and also 

 as shown by Fig. 8 and 9. 



" 9, Curb and spavin., similarly 

 treated as above. 



'• 10, lSx>avin, treated by firing, not 

 in lines, but dotting over the 

 sick spot. 



