CHAPTER n. 

 ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTION. 



iBCMsrrr for a comprehensive idea op the construction of the hobse, and thk ra 



lations of his parts. scientific terms used, but explained. subsequent 



portions of the work more readily understood by reference to this chapter. 



knowledge of structure indispensable to surgery. skeleton; SECTION- 

 AL VIEW OK THORAX, ABDOMEN, AND PELVIS; VERTICAL SECTION OF HEAD; SECTION 

 OF FOOT ; FRONT AND BACK VIEW OF FOOT ; AND EXTERNAL PARTS. 



In order that the reader may obtain a clear and comprehensive knowl- 

 edge of the construction of the horse in all his parts and of the propel 

 relations of those parts, it is thought best to introduce here, in one con* 

 nected view, a description of the frame-work or skeleton, as seen in Fig. 

 1 ; of the internal organs and their positions, as seen in Fig. 2 ; of the 

 head and its contents, Fig. 3 ; of the peculiar formation of the foot, Figs. 

 4, 5, and 6, and of the external parts of the animal. Fig. 7. 



It will be observed that while we have used the ordinary scientific terms 

 in naming these various parts, we have annexed, wherever necessary, 

 such explanations as will enable the plain reader to get the full meaning 

 intended to be conveyed. 



Some attention devoted to the subject here will of course supersede th6 

 necessity of constantly recurring and tedious explanations throughout 

 the subsequent part of the work. The clearness and fulness of the illus- 

 trations provided leave nothing more, we think, to be desired on that 

 . head ; and if the reader chance to find, in our directions as to the treat- 

 ment of any disease, allusions to the structure of certain parts which h© 

 has not Avell in mind, or terms used with which he is not entirely familiar, 

 his difficulties can be speedily removed by reference to this chapter. 



Any attempt to perform those surgical operations, however simple, 

 vrhich sometimes ])ecome necessary in the treatment of domestic animals, 

 must of course be directed by that knowledge of form, structure, and 

 ^ated functions which we endeavor here to impart. 

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