CONTENTS. 



PAGIi 

 iNTRODnCTION H 



The Object of Shoeing H 



PART I. 



CHAPTER I. 



gross anatomy of the horse. 



Bones op the Head — Bones op the Trunk 15 



The Spinal Column — Bones of the Thorax 15, 16 



Bones of the Pelvis — Bones of the Limbs 17 



Joints — Muscles — Tendon Sheaths 20-22 



THE FOOT. 



A. The Bones of the Foot 22 



The Cannon — The Long Pastern — The Sesamoid Bones — The 

 Short Pastern — The Pedal Bone— The Navicular Bone . . 23-26 



B. The Articulations of the Foot 26 



L The Fetlock-Joint 26 



The Suspensory Ligament 27 



The Inferior Sesamoid Ligament 27 



n. The Coronary Joint 29 



III. The Pedal Articulation (Coffin Joint) 29 



O. The Locomotory Organs of the Foot 30 



The Anterior Extensor Tendon of the Phalanges — The Perforatus 



Tendon— The Perforans Tendon 30-32 



D. The Elastic Parts of the Foot 33 



The Lateral Cartilages — The Plantar Cushion 33, 34 



B. The Blood-Vessels and Nerves 35 



The Arteries of the Foot— The Veins of the Foot — The Nerves of 



the Foot 35-38 



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