EXPLANATION OF PLATE IIL 



FOOT OF THE HORSE. 



Thi» cut represents the foot of a horse sawed from above th« 



fetlock down through the centre of the foot, showing the 



structure of the foot, and giving the names of 



each part according to number. 



I. Lower end of large metacarpal, 

 or shin bone. 



a. Bursa, which secretes the joint 

 oil that lubricates the place 

 where the tendon, or cord, on 

 the front of the leg passes 

 down over the front of the fet- 

 lock joint. This is important 

 as it sometimes gets injured 

 and becomes enlarged, it is 

 tbea called a puffy or bursal 

 •nlargement, and is of the 

 •aoM natur* as a wind g^all. 



9. Patteck joint 



^ Larfpa paatara beoa. 



^ PMtara j«lat This joint is im- 

 portaat, ttr whan disaased It is 

 Hbm Mat af a hi|[h-up ring-bone. 



A CtMrn IfdaH. This joint is im- 



portant for when it is diseased 



it is the seat of a low-down 



ringbone. 

 Wall of the hoof. 

 Quick of the foot, or sensitive 



wall. 

 Quick of the foot, or sensitive sole. 

 Os Pedis, or foot bone. 

 Coffin, or navicular bone. This 



is important for when diseased 



it is the seat of cofiin joint 



lameness. 

 Fatty Frog. 



Frog of the foot, or homy frof . 

 Bacit tendons below fatlook. 

 Failock bones (t in numbar) cam 



00 each side of the joint. 

 Skin. 

 Back tendons above fetlock. 



SPECIAL NOTICE. — Every place where Tablespoonfu! i« 

 nvntioned in this book should read : Small, or Desbrt 

 Tablbspoonful, which is equal 10 two Teaspoonfuls. 



