Word: flexors
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...would do it. It is silly but causes a horse no particular discomfort when properly done. I have seen at least a dozen operated and observed them afterwards and they seemed as comfortable as any of our other animals. No incisions are made on top of the tail. If flexor muscles were cut eight or ten inches from the base of the tail it would look really phooey. Incisions are made under profound anesthesia and with a knife so small that the slit in the skin can scarcely be seen. I don't know where you got your description...
...permanently arched tail is the result of an operation and an excruciatingly painful setting process. A veterinarian cuts and breaks the horse's tail much as an unskilled woodsman might hack and push down a sapling. Incisions are made on, the upper side, the flexor muscles on the under side cut eight to twelve inches back from the base. Then the tail is doubled back, tightly bandaged, supported by an iron "bustle." Three weeks are usually required for the tail to heal and set. Thrown into a sweating frenzy by this prolonged torture, horses often lose more than...
Harvard men are generally strong in the legs, the extensor, flexor, and calf being as a rule well developed; and there is only about one case in ten where special exercise for the legs has been ordered. The usual weak point is the upper portion of the chest, and the neck, which in many instances is bent forward. This is generally the result of continual stooping over a desk, as many students have had little attention paid to their physical development while their bones were easily bent from their normal state. There have been no prevailing weaknesses, such as diseases...