Identifier: horsestheirfeedt00page (find matches)
Title: Horses : their feed and their feet, a manual of horse hygiene invaluable for the veteran or novice pointing out the true source of "malaria," "disease waves," influenza, glanders, "pink-eye," etc., and how to prevent and counteract them
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Page, C. E. (Charles Edward), 1840- Cox, George W. (George William), 1827-1902 Weld, Mason Cogswell, 1829-1887
Subjects: Horses Horses -- Diseases
Publisher: New York : Fowler & Wells Co.
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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above, into which the coffin bone is re-ceived ; highest in front, it gradually diminishes back-ward, where it is suddenly turned inward, becom-ing mixed with the sole, supporting the under partsof the foot, and protecting the sole and the frog fromtoo rough pressure against the ground ; this internalwall, called the bars of the foot, by its sloping direc-tion distributes the weight of the body toward thesides of the hoof, with whose numerous perpendicularhorny lamince interdigltate similar processes from thevascular surface of the coffin bone. In the triangularspace in the center of the foot is an elastic hornymass called the frog, its base connecting the posteriorcurves of the hoof, the sides united with the bar, andthe point extending about to the center of the sole ;on the sides are deep channels, to allow of its expan-sion and render the foot elastic ; its actual thicknessin horn is not so great as farriers seem to think, fromthe freedom with which they use the paring knife ; in
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Buckingham (Cleveland Bay Stallion). 3 years ; height, 16J hands ; weight, 1,350 lbs. . Imported by Geo. E. Brown & Co., Importers and Breeders, Aurora, 111. 1 APPENDIX TO SECOND EDITION. 167 a well-formed foot, the base of the frog ought to oc-cupy a sixth part of the circumference of the circleof the hoof; in the center of the frog is a horny con-ical cavity of considerable depth, which protects thepartially cleft foot from further rupture, adds to theelasticity J secicres a firmer hold on loose soils, and pass-ing above into the substance of the sensitive frogserves to unite firmly the two halves of the foot,which are completely divided in ruminants ; thishorny cone has been called the frogstay or bolt. Thesensitive frog falls into the inverted arch of the hornyfrog, which are thus held mutually in place and pre-served from external shock. The sole is an irregularplate of horn, closing up the lower opening of thefoot, of an arched form, abutting everywhere againstthe sides of t

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