 | Sir Charles Bell - 1833 - 240 psl.
...extremities, for it is the muscles there which propel the animal. But were the anterior extremities joined to the trunk firmly, and by bone, they could...resistance, by which the shock of descending is diminished. If we observe the bones of the anterior extremity of the horse, we shall see that the scapula is oblique... | |
 | Robert Bentley Todd - 1839 - 1034 psl.
...extremities, for it is the muscles there which propel the animal. But were the anterior extremities joined to the trunk firmly and by bone, they could...resistance by which the shock of descending is diminished. " If we observe the bones of the anterior extremity in the horse, we shall see that the scapula is... | |
 | 1836 - 566 psl.
...extremities, for it is the muscles there which propel the animal. But were the anterior extremities joined to the trunk firmly, and by bone, they could...resistance, by which the shock of descending is diminished. If we observe the bones of the anterior extremity of the horse, we shall see that the scapula is oblique... | |
 | W. Paley - 1837 - 116 psl.
...rapid movement. Now, were the fore-limbs joined to the rest of the body by a powerful bony attachment, they could not withstand the shock from the descent of the whole weight of the frame, thrown forwards as it is at speed. Dislocation or fracture would be the probable consequence... | |
 | William Paley - 1849 - 306 psl.
...rapid movement. Now, were tho fore-limbs joined to the rest of the body by a powerful bony attachment, they could not withstand the shock from the descent of the whole weight of the frame, thrown forwards as it is at speed. Dislocation or fracture would be the probable consequence... | |
 | 1842 - 738 psl.
...strength of the loins and hinder extremities, Sir Charles continues, " Were the anterior extremities joined to the trunk firmly, and by bone, they could...great, and whose spring is extensive, that, from the relative position of their bones, they have an elastic resistance, by which the shock of descending... | |
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In the horse, as in most quadrupeds, the speed results from the strength of the loins and hinder extremities, for it is the muscles there which propel the animal. But were the anterior extremities joined to the trunk firmly, and by bone, they could not... 