ABNORMAL FOOT OF HORSE. 



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of life in which it finds itself. While indulging in the present 

 train of thought, the first question which the inquirer after 

 knowledge will probably ask, will be : the splint-bones being in 

 a state of transition, what was their previous form and 



Fig. 184. — {After Gatidry) Abnormal Left Fore Leg, below the Knee, 

 OF Horse (^th real length). 



functions, and what conditions have reduced them to their 

 present rudimentary state } I shall now try to suggest answers 

 to these questions. 



On rare occasions we find in the horse, that one or more 

 of the splint-bones have the character of the cannon-bone, in 



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