The surgical anatomy of the horse

Abstract

PART III—THE HIND LIMB CHAP- PAGE I. SUPERFICIAL EXAMINATION........ i II. SUPERFICIAL DISSECTIONS........ 12 III. THE LIMB IN SECTION......... 28 IV. THE BONES—FRACTURES AND EXOSTOSES .... 41 V. THE JOINTS............ 85 VI. TENDONS, TENDON SHEATHS, LIGAMENTS, AND BURS-fli . 130 VII. THE NERVES............ 157 VIII. THE BLOOD AND LYMPH VESSELS....... 189 MUSCLES OF THE HIND LIMB........ 215IV. S-Outer and Inner Aspects of Limb (Superficial Dissections)

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VIII. Transverse Section through Seat of Posterior Tibial Neurectomy IX. Longitudinal Section of Hock ....... XIX. Transverse Section through Seats of Spavin and Curb XXVI. Seat of Posterior Tibial Neurectomy ......

HALF-TONE PLATES I. Outer Aspect of Left Hind Limb, &c. IT. Hind Quarter viewed from behind VII. Transverse Section of Left Stifle (showing Bones, Ligaments, the Popliteal Vessels, Nerves, and Principal Muscles) X. Transverse Section across Middle Third of Metatarsal Region of Left Hind Limb .... XI. The Innominate Bones .... XII. Right Femur ...... XIII. Right Tibia....... XIV. Fractured Femur, Tibia, Patella, &c. XV. Tarsal Bones of Ambush II. XVI. Tarsal Bones in Sheather's Case XVII. The Stifle Joint—Bones, Ligaments, and Cartilages ILLUSTRATIONS Facing- plate Page XVIII. The Hock............112 XX. Bursas: and Sheaths in Relation to the Bones . . . . -132 XXI. Posterior Tibial Nerve and Cunean Tendon . . . . .152 XXII. Seats of Peroneal Tenotomy and Anterior Tibial Neurectomy . 156 XXIII. Obturator and Anterior Crural Nerves ...... i62 XXIV. Anterior Tibial Neurectomy (Upper Seat) . . . . . .182 XXV. Anterior Tibial Neurectomy (Lower Seat) . . . .184 XXVII. Aneurism of External Iliac Artery . .......194 XXVIII. Metatarsal Region, showing Arteries, Tendons, Ligaments, Bones, &c. 200