University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Illustration of the exterior of a horse positioned in a three-quarter back view with individual points numbered and with an explanation key beneath the image.

Photographs of the rear view of a horse, one with good quarters and one split-up.

Photographs of horses pastens, hooves and splints in the mid 20th century. The top lefthand image shows a 'good type of draught horse pasterns with moderate slipping'; the top righthand image shows a 'sound "open" hoof'; the lower lefthand image shows a 'prominent sidebone' on a horse's front leg; and the lower righthand image shows 'splints - with a bad quarter crack on the right foot.'

Two photographs of a hunter and a mare's chests. The photograph on the left depicts the front view of a 'well-shaped weight carrying hunter'; and the photograph on the right depicts a 'broad breasted thoroughbred mare.'

Illustration of a horse skeleton 'showing the location of the bones, the degree to which the skeleton and the muscle influences the form, and also the location of the various points and common diseases.'

Illustrations of the anatomy of a horse's foot with one image showing the arteries and vein networks; one showing the cross-section of the foot; and one showing the foot without the hoof.

Illustration of a horse with a key to the chart beneath the image listing the terms for the points numbered.

Illustration of a horse with a lean, well set on head by 'Schreiben, Copyright 1892.'

Struthers writes regarding the presence of the Trapezium bone in the horse. He advises Ewart on the reading of older books of anatomy and gives some extracts from these.

Illustration of the proportions of the horse in profile from the late 19th or early 20th century.