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THE STRUCTURE OF THE HORSE 



of the civilised world. 1 It might, therefore, seem almost 

 superfluous to add anything further to the subject — 

 certainly difficult to say anything new. 



The topographical anatomy of the horse has, how- 

 ever, been always hitherto described just as if it were 

 a complex piece of machinery, isolated and distinct from 

 anything else in the world, the very names given to 

 the parts of which it is composed often having relation 

 only to their conditions of existence in the horse, and 

 being entirely different from those in use for the corre- 

 sponding parts of man or of other animals. Until lately, 

 at least, the idea that the peculiarities of the horse's 

 structure are all modifications of a more generalised 

 form, and that their significance can only be understood 

 after a wide study of the anatomy of allied forms, has 

 never entered into the mind of any veterinary anatomist. 



1 Among the most important of these are : — 



GL Stubbs : Anatomy of the Horse, 1766. 



W. Percivall: The Anatomy of the Horse, 1832. 



E. F. Gurlt : Anatomische Abbildungen der Haussaugethiere, 1824 ; 

 and Handbueh der vergleich. Anat. der Haussaugethiere, 1822. 



A. G. T. Leisering : Atlas der Anatomie des Pferdes, 1861. 



Leisering and Miiller : Handbueh der vergleichenden Anatomie 

 der Haussaugethiere, 6th edit., 1885. 



Chauveau and Arloing : Traite d^ anatomie comparee des animaux 

 domestiques, 1871 ; and English edition by G-. Fleming, 1873. 



M. S. Arloing : < Organisation du pied chez ie cheval ' (Ann. Sci. 

 Nat., 1867). 



Franz Mu'ller : Lehrbuch der Anatomie des Pferdes, 1853. 

 Cuyer and Alix : Le Cheval, 1886. 



J. McFadyean: Anatomy of the Horse: a Dissection Guide, 1884. 

 W. Youatt: The Horse, 1831. 



