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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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hest; but it should be noted that<xny diminution in the vertical distance resulting from their convexitywill be added to the transverse diameter, and thus what is lost in heightis gained in width. Ribs of moderate lenoth. Init wanting in curvature,may give a fairly deep chest, but the sides will be flat and the capacityof the thorax small in consequence. As Cline has observed, the morethe chest departs from a cylindrical form the less becomes its capacity.Ample depth in this region is commonly denoted by the position of thesternum, which should come well down below the point of the elbow.This, however, is not always a reliable indication, as the position of thechest between the fore extremities may be set higher or lower by themuscles which suspend it, just as the height of the withers, as we haveseen elsewhere, may be influenced by the same cause. From what has been said it will be seen that it is of the firstimportance to the beauty and utility of our subject that the ribs should
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Fig. 49.—Two Ribs, showing atA A the Costal Cartilages THE CHEST 65 Ije long, not only that the chest may be deep, but, more importantstill, that it may be well arched. Besides this they must be well inclinedbackward towards the haunch, to which the posterior or back ribsshould nearly approximate. It is equally important that they shouldbe placed wide apart and united by broad intercostal muscles. So con-structed, the ribs will have plenty of play in their outward and forwardmovements, and the capacity of the chest will be correspondingly large.Any shortcoming in these respects imparts to the body an appearanceof lightness, legginess, and instability. The animal will be, in stableparlance, slack in the loin , badly ribbed up , and wanting in powerand endurance. M. Gayot observes that the distance between the summit of thewithers and the sternum in a well-formed chest should be greater thanthat between the sternum and the ground. Referring to this point.Captain Hayes, in his work on

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