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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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iberty and range of movement, andthe action of the fore-limbs is restricted.Moreover, withers when low (Plate IV,fig. 2) and coarse are exposed to in-jury from forward displacement of thesaddle, and the imposition of undueweight on the fore-limbs not only impairsthe action, but adds materially to thewear and tear of the legs. It must not,however, be concluded that the indiffer-ent qualities referred to are necessarilyidentified with coarseness. We fre-quently see horses with thick, coarsewithers but still possessing ample height, length, and obliquity, and mayltea well-disposed shoulder, which, however, it should be observed, has thedefect of being always more or less loaded. In these examples the neckalso tends to coarseness, and although the action of both shoulders andknees may be ample, it is usually of the heavy-dwelling order, and badlysustained. Coarseness of this region is often identified with animals ofa low type, which, while being deficient in energy, display a marked ten-
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Fig. 46.—Section Uirough the Withers A, Rhomboideus. B, Ceirical trapezius, c, Lon-giasimus dorsi. D, Scapula. E, Infra spinatus.P, Panniculus. G, Latissimus dorsi. H, Serratusmagnus. I, Interspinales dorsi. J, Levatores cos-tarum. K, Transversalis costarum. L, Serratusanticus. M, Skin. Plate V.

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