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SECTION OF THE HORSE. 



CoNCEiviNG that a sectional vievv of the whole horse, if it could be exe- 

 cuted, would be a splendid object, and highly instructive for beginners in 

 the veterinary art, and others desirous of ageneral knowledge of the animal, 

 I determined on the trial, and suggested its execution to Mr. Kirtland, 

 and with his assistance the section was accomplished by the saw and the 

 knife, and thedrawing and engraving of it was made in the year 180S ; but 

 more pressing labours, and some cross occurrences, prevented its being- 

 described or published by me tili this period, 1813. 



Some remarkable circumstances are displayed to advantage by this novcl, 

 and, I believe, hitherto unattempted mode of viewing the animal, as the 

 extraordinary bend or incurvation of the spine beneath the withers, bringing 

 it almost to the front of the neck ; the vast length of the aesophagus or 

 gullet ; the elastic ligaments supporting the head ; the Situation of the heart, 

 liings, stomacli, liver, brain, &c. are also familiarly exposed. 



Being engraved upon a large scale, the parts are preserved very distinct, 

 and aiford an interesting vievv of the internal Organization of this beneficial 

 slave of mankind ; the assemblage of so many beautifully formed parts and 

 diversity of tints gives also to the picture arich appearance. 



For certain reasons, the division of the body was not made exactly 

 through the centre or middle of the spine ör back-bone, but rather on one 



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