LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Clean fore legs Frontispiece 



FIG. PAGE 



1. Wear of toe of hind foot from spavin .... 6 



2. Holding up hind leg to test for spavin . . . . 7 



3. Diagram of the circulation of blood . . . .11 



4. High-heeled shoe . . . . . . -27 



5. Diagram of bones, tendons and ligaments of near fore leg 29 



6. Photograph of bones, tendons and ligaments of off fore 



leg (side view) . . . . . . . • 3* 



7. Photograph of bones, tendons and ligaments of off fore 



leg (front view). ....... 33 



8. Bones of lower part of fore leg . . . . -35 



9. Rear view of bones of fetlock and pastern . . -37 

 10, II, 12 and 13. The canter ...... 39 



14. Heavy draught ........ 40 



15. Sound leg . . . . . . . . . 41 



16. Sprained check ligament . . . . . -41 



17. Sound leg ....'.... 41 



18. Sprained perforans tendon . . . . . -41 



19. Site of windgall caused by sprain of fetlock ... 43 



20. Cotton wadding placed loosely round a fore leg . . 45 



21. ,, „ applied tightly to a fore leg by means of 



bandages ...... 45 



22. Shoe with cross-bar for giving support to fetlock . . 47 



23. Commencing to apply bandage to leg . . . . 50 



24. Securing loose end of bandage . . . . . 50 



25. Bandage completed, and with end secured . . • 5^ 



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