For your information, I am told by several posters that the
illustrations in the 1953 and 1975 editions still treat the sheep badly.
Richard
On 9/02/2013 11:48, Richard Wright wrote:
> My edition of Sisson and Grossman "The Anatomy of the Domestic
> Animals" was published in 1941.
>
> The illustrations thoroughly cover bones of horse, ox, pig and dog.
>
> However illustrations of the bones of sheep are skimpily covered,
> evidently on the grounds that morphologically a sheep is a small ox -
> even though the authors acknowledge that there are differences - eg.,
> "The os coxae differs greatly from that of the ox.".
>
> The only illustrations of a sheep are the bones of the complete
> skeleton in anatomical relationship, and the skull laterally and
> dorsally.
>
> I see from COPAC that there were new editions in 1953 and 1975.
>
> Does the sheep get more comprehensive illustrations in those later
> editions?
>
> Richard
>
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