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Title: The farrier's new guide. Containing, first, The anatomy of a horse, being an exact and compendious description of all his parts, with their actions and uses ... secondly, An account of all the diseases incident to horses, with their signs, causes, and method of cure ..
Year: 1738 (1730s)
Authors: Gibson, W. (William), 1680?-1750
Subjects: Horses Horses Veterinary medicine
Publisher: London : Longman
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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are articulated, is made up of threeBones, which adhere fo clofely together, that they canhardly be Separated or diftinguifhd, until the Periofleumis very clean fcraped off; and are much the fame as thofeof the Shank already defcribd. The Pafterns and Coffin-bone, <Sc. agreeing alfo, in every refpe(fi, with thofe ofthe Fore-foot, I fliall therefore omit mentioning them inthis Place. But before I leave this Subje(5I, it will, nodoubt, be expedcd I fliould take fome Notice of theHoofs, they being alfo a hard Subftance, and a very greatDefence to a Ilorfes Foot.lb H ofs ^^^ Hoofs of a Horfe, are thofe Parts which anfwer to the Nails in human Bodies,and are no other than a Bundle of Husks, which cover andflieath the Papill(£ Pyramidaks of the Skin, on the Ex-tremities of the Feet, which dry, harden, and lie clofe oneupon another. They are of a middle Nature, betweenBones and Griftles, that they may not fplinter and breakbecaafe oi their hardnef?, and at the fame time be able to /a^.pg
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Chap. VI. The Anatomy of a Horje- gg to bear and fupport fo great a Burden without much Da-mage ; and are without Senfe, that they may endure Tra-velling among Stones and rough Ways. They adhere pret-ty firmly to the Parts included within them, and are faft-ened to the Coffin-bone by a Ligament that proceeds fromtheir Root, which is alfo, in fome Meafure encompaffedwith the Skin. Underneath the Hoofs there are many Twigs of Nervesand Tendons, and Mufcles, which take their Courfe quiteto the Soal of the Foot. When thefe are prickd or bruisd,they occafion exquifite Pain. But of this when we cometo treat of the Difeafes incident to the Feet. TABLE VIL reprefents the Skeleton of a Horfe.A A. The Shoulder-blade.B. The Breajl-bone.CC, The Shoulder-hone.DDDD. The Bones of both fore and hind Legs.EEEE. Thef?nallRafigesof!Bones, which make the Knee and Hock.FF. The Shank-bone.f. f. The Injlep-bcnes. GGGG. The Bodkin-like^ or Splint-bones.HHHH. The great Pajlerns.IIIL The little Pajlerns.KKKK.

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