PLATE XVI.—SKELETON OF THE HORSE

SKELETON OF THE HORSE

1.Eye cavity 21.Great trochanter
2.Face bones22.Thigh bone
3.Incisor teeth23.Ischium
4.Molar teeth24.Radius, or forearm bone
5.Lower jaw25.Carpal, or knee bones
6.First vertebra of neck26.Trapezium
7.Second vertebra of neck27.Cannon bones
8.Cervical vertebræ28.Pastern bones
9.Spinal processes of back29.Sesamoid bone
10.Dorsal and lumbar vertebræ30.Small pastern bone
11.Sacrum31.Upper end of leg bone
12.Tail bones32.Stifle joint
13.Shoulder blade33.Leg bone, or tibia
14.Hollow of shoulder blade34.Point of hock
15.Upper end of arm bone35.Hock joint
16.Arm bone, or humerus36.Head of small metatarsal bone
17.Elbow bone37.Cannon of metatarsal bone
18.Ribs38.Coffin bone
19.Haunch39.Fetlock
20.Haunch bone40.Patella, or stifle
41. Fibula

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PLATE XVII.—INTERNAL PARTS OF THE HORSE

Nail in the Foot.—Remove the nail and pare the wound as near the bottom as possible, disinfect with a solution of carbolic acid, one in thirty, then linseed poultice the foot for two or three days and let the foot be shod with oakum and a leather sole till healed. An old-fashioned remedy is to apply a piece of salt pork, flesh side in, and bandage it on the part.

Chafing, Collar, and Saddle Galls.—Properly fitting harness and saddles is the preventive. A mild astringent wash, say four ounces witch-hazel, two ounces spirits of camphor, two ounces tincture of opium, will serve, and the part to be without pressure or rubbing till healed. For inflamed legs or galled shoulders another excellent wash is: one ounce of sal ammoniac, seven ounces of vinegar, two ounces of spirits of wine, two drams of tincture of arnica mixed in half a pint of water.

Broken knees should be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected with a solution of carbolic. Hot fomentations are good, and the wound should be dressed with burned alum or with alum and boracic acid in equal parts dissolved in water.