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Title: The Horse : its treatment in health and disease, with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London : Gresham
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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eak. Nostril. Upper Lip. 10 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE to the respiratory passages, a short blind pouch or cul-de-sac in each,formed by an inHection or in-folding of the common integument or skin.This is placed outwardly and somewhat above the main channel, and is dis-tinguished as the false nostril. Its use is not well understood, but it would appear to be the remains ofan organ once essential in theeconomy of the primitive horse,but now probably of little phy-siological importance. At thetime this observation is being-made, an opening, al^out thediameter of a hemp - seed(c, fig. 7), may lie noticed atthe point of junction of theinfolded skin and the mucousmembrane. This is the orificeby which the tears or super-fluous moisture escapes fromthe eyes, from which it iscarried by a long narrow tubetermed the nasal duct. Whenseen for the first time it has been regarded by some as an ulcer, and wehave on two or three occasions been consulted as to its treatment. LATERAL SURFACES OF THE HEAD
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Fig. 7.—Examination of the Nostnla, True Nostril. b. False Nostril. e, Nasal Duct. The lateral surfaces, or sides of the head, are distinguished as 7ightand left. They are symmetrical, and the parts presented for considera-tion are the same in each. Commencing from the top, we have^-1, theexternal ear; 2, the temple; 3, the supra-orliit; 4, the orbital - ridge;5, the eye; 6, the cheek. The External Ear.—The ear is situated on the lateral aspect ofthe poll, on the outer side of the forehead, and above the temjDle. It isformed by a plate of cartilage or gristle invested by a covering of skin,and rests on a cushion of soft fat. It is acted upon by no fewer thantwenty muscles, so arranged as to enable it to move in any direction inc(uest of sound. Internally it is covered with long soft hairs, which serveto prevent the entrance of insects and other foreign matter. The Temple (fig. 2).—The temple occupies a space on the side of thehead immediately beneath the ear and on the site of t

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