The Horse in Stable and the Field; His Management in Health and Disease (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...pass to supply the parts which are too far removed from the perichondrium. In articular cartilages no vessels enter. When cartilage is removed by mechanical means, or by absorption, it is not regenerated, and when fractured, as in the ribs, there is no reunion by cartilage, but by fibrous, or most frequently by osseous deposition. Chemical Composition.--True cartilage contains three-fifths of its weight of water. It is ascertained that the cells and the intermediate substance are composed of different materials. The membranes of the cartilage cells are not resolved by boiling, and offer a lengthened resistance to alkalies and acids. The contents of the cells coagulate in water and dilute acids, and are dissolved by alkalies. The intermediate substance consists of chondrin, which differs from gelatine in not being precipitated by the mineral acids. FIBROUS TISSUE. Fibrous Tissue exists very generally throughout the body, being composed of fibres of extreme minuteness. It is found under three forms, as white fibrous tissue, yellow fibrous tissue, and red fibrous tissue. White Fibrous Tissue is composed of cylindrical fibres of exceeding minuteness, transparent and undulating. They are collected first into small fasciculi and then into larger bundles, which, according to their arrangement, compose thin layers or membranes, ligamentous bands or tendons. The membraneous form is seen in the periosteum and perichondrium, the fasciae covering various organs, the membrane of the brain, &e.--Ligaments are glistening and inelastic bands composed of fasciculi of fibrous tissue generally ranged side by side, sometimes interwoven with each other. These fasciculi are held together by separate fibres, or by areolar tissue. They are of all forms, from the round band to ...