The Army Horse in Accident and Disease, a Manual

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Página 48 - LIQUID MEASURE 60 minims = 1 fluid dram (f 3) 8 fluid drams = 1 fluid ounce (f 3 ) 16 fluid ounces = 1 pint (O.) 8 pints = 1 gallon (cong.) COUNTING 12 things = 1 dozen (doz.) 12 dozen = 1 gross (gro.) 12 gross = 1 great gross (G.
Página 83 - Symptoms. — At first there is simply an increased moisture in the cleft of the frog, accompanied by an offensive smell. After a time a considerable discharge takes place — thin, watery, and highly offensive — changing gradually to a thicker puriform matter, which rapidly destroys the horn of the frog.
Página 42 - The plantar cushion is a very elastic wedge-shaped pad, which fills up the space between the two lateral cartilages on the sides, the sensitive frog below, and the flexor pedis perforans tendon above. • The point or anterior part of the plantar cushion extends forward to the ridge which separates the sole from the tendinous surface of the os pedis. The base is covered by the skin above the heels. Sensitive structures of the foot. Over the bones and elastic structures of the foot is found a complete...
Página 10 - A slightly-arched loin is essential to the power of carrying weight ; a much-arched, or " hog" back, is almost sure to give uneasy action from its want of elasticity. IN EXAMINING THE HIND-QUARTER, so much depends upon the breed, and the purposes to which the animal is to be put, that only a few general remarks can be given. Thus, for high speed, there should be plenty of length...
Página 44 - In previous study of the arteries we have seen that the large metacarpal of the fore leg and the great metatarsal of the hind leg each divides just above the fetlock into two branches. These branches are called the external and internal digital arteries, one on the inner and one on the outer side of the fetlock joint. They follow the borders of the flexor tendons downward and terminate inside of the wings of the os pedis. Each of the internal and external digital arteries gives off five branches...
Página 41 - Just back of the articular surface is a small triangular surface to fit the os navicularis bone. Just back of the sole is a rough surface, to which is attached the flexor pedis perforans tendon; it is called the tendinous surface. On each side of this surface is a groove running forward and terminating in an opening, called the plantar foramen; an artery and a nerve enter the bone and a vein leaves it through this opening. On each side of the os pedis, extending backward. is a prolongation, called...
Página 46 - When weight is removed from the leg, the plantar cushion becomes thicker and narrower, and the lateral cartilages and quarters move inward to where they were before expanding. This is called contraction. The elastic lateral cartilage is merely a flexible extension of the wing of the os pedis and would appear to have been specially designed for expansion and contraction at the quarters. It is also to be noted that the bars are a provision for this same purpose, since expansion and contraction could...
Página 42 - ... but certain parts have a very high degree of elasticity, their special use being to overcome the effects of concussion or jar when the foot strikes the ground, and to prevent injury. These parts are the lateral cartilages and the plantar cushion.
Página 44 - ... point of the frog ; these ridges terminate behind in the bulbs of the frog. Between the sides of the frog and the bars are two cavities, called the commissures. The upper surface of the horny frog is the exact reverse of the lower...

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