The Anatomy of the HorseCourier Corporation, 1 juin 1976 - 121 pages George Stubbs (1724-1806), an English artist famous for his portraits of thoroughbred race horses and for other animal paintings, was also the author of the illustrations and text of "The Anatomy of the Horse, "one of the truly remarkable anatomical studies of its subject. First published in 1766, Stubbs' work was based on numerous dissections, a practice far from generally accepted in his century. Stubbs' horses, shown in this edition on 36 large plates, are memorable for their uncanny life-like quality, nobility, and extreme anatomical precision.In this systematic study, Stubbs depicts the horse in three positions?side, front, and back. He first presents the skeleton alone in each of these three positions, then devotes to each position five studies of layers of muscles, fascias, ligaments, nerves, arteries, veins, glands, and cartilages. Accompanying each of these eighteen etchings is a schematic etched outline with lettered parts that are keyed to the identifying text. The text is given both in Stubbs' original version and in a modernized version prepared in the Thirties by J. C. McCunn and C. W. Ottaway. Unabridged, slightly altered republication of 1938 edition by G. Heywood Hill, Ltd., London. |
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Anatomical TABLE aponeurosis artery articular ligament articulates attached betwixt biceps brachialis branch buccinator bursal ligament calcis capsular ligament carnous carpus cervical vertebra coffin bone colli cubit deep flexor digit dorsal edge extensor digitorum extensor digitorum communis extensor longus external condyle external lateral ligament externally tendinous facial or submaxillary fascia lata femoris muscle femur fetlock flat tendon fleshy belly fleshy fibres flexor digitorum pedis fossa gemellus Glands and Cartilages hock humerus ilium inferior inner intercostal internal interosseus ischium joins joint ligament which binds ligamentum lumbar marked membrane metacarpal bone metatarsal muscle arises nasal neck nerve Nervus oblique muscle oblique process obturator occipital occipital bone orbicular origin outer ear pastern patella peroneus plantaris posterior posticus protuberance radius rectus ribs runs sacrum scapula serratus sesamoid bones spine sternum superior suspensory ligament suture tarsus temporal bone tendinous surface tendon teres major tibia transverse processes trochanter tubercle tuberosity upper head Vena plantaris ventral