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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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Fig. 625.- -The Wall of the Foot: Hoof showingInsensitive Laminae, &c. A, Peiipolic horn-band. B, Coronary groove, c, InsensitivelaminiB. D, Horny sole. E, Horny frog. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE FOOT 435
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Fig. 626.—The Sensitive Foot: Side View A, Skin, a, Skin devoid of hairs. B, Peripolic band,c, Coronary cushion. D, Sensitive laminie. its posterior extremity. Between the bars and the wall are enclosed theextremities of the sole, which are often injured by a badly-fitted shoe,especially upon the inner side,and the resulting bruise is calleda corn . The bars assist inpreserving the width of the footat the heels, and when cut awayl:)y the farrier, permit contrac-tion of the hoof. Bars, sole, frog, and wallform one continuous hornycovering to the foot. By longmaceration in water they canbe sejDarated, but in a healthjliving foot they are all firmlyunited so as to form a soundhoof Each division should bekept in its most perfect condi-tion, because any long-continued defect of one is certain to afiect the other injuriously. If the wall atthe heels be left too high, the frog soon shrinks and wastes. If thesole be cut away and weakened, the wallhas to support unaided an excess of weight,a

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