The farrier's new guideContaining, first, The anatomy of a horse, being an exact and compendious description of all his parts, with their actions and uses ..secondly, An account of all the diseases incident to horses, with their signs, causes, and method of cure .. . Ointment, with half an* Ounce of Orpiment, whereby the Hoof may be pre-?^ fervd fmooth, being drefsd once a Day in the Manner« direded. It is the Way of fome Farriers, wlien they obferve Hoof a growing, before the old one falls oft, to pullaway the old one -, but they ought never to be too halty,unlels fome Accident happen
The farrier's new guideContaining, first, The anatomy of a horse, being an exact and compendious description of all his parts, with their actions and uses ..secondly, An account of all the diseases incident to horses, with their signs, causes, and method of cure .. . Ointment, with half an* Ounce of Orpiment, whereby the Hoof may be pre-?^ fervd fmooth, being drefsd once a Day in the Manner« direded. It is the Way of fome Farriers, wlien they obferve Hoof a growing, before the old one falls oft, to pullaway the old one -, but they ought never to be too halty,unlels fome Accident happen to require its Removal; forthe old Hoof lerves as a Cover and Defence to the new one,and makes it grow the more fmooth and even, as in aMould ; and Nature, for the moft part, will call it offof her own Accord, as foon as it becomes ufelefs. I knewa Horfe in this Condition that was turnd out into a Field,?where there was a Shade for him to lie under; he lay moftPart of the Time his Hoof was a growing, and had Haygiven him five or fix Times a Day ; and by favouring hislame Foot, the old Hoof came ofF, and the new one grewwith very little Affiilance; and although he was not youngat that 1inie^ he afterward s travelled and did very gjodbei vice. F I y I BOOKS printed for T. Longman, at tieShip in Pater-nofter-row. TpHE Farriers Difpenfatory : In Three Parts, contain-ing, I. A Delcription of the medicinal Simples, q)m-monly made ufe of in the Difeafes of Horfes, with theirVirtues and Manner of Operation, dillributed into properClafies, ^c. 2. The Preparations of Simples, Vegetables,Animal and Mineral; v/ith an Explanation of the moftufeful Terms, both in the Chymical and Galenical Phar-macy. 5. A Number of ufeful Ccmpofitions and Receipts,Ijjited to the Cure of all Difeales, never before publiftied;as alfo thofe of greateft Account from SoUeyfell^ Ruini,BlundeviU, and other celebrated Authors, digefted undertheir proper Heads of Powders, B^dls, and Drinks, Oint-ments, Charges,
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