Lectures on the elements of farriery: or, the art of horse-shoeing, and on the diseases of the foot. Designed chiefly for the use of the pupils of the Veterinary College, London / By Charles Vial de Sainbel.

  • Vial de Sainbel, Charles, 1753-1793.
Date:
1793
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Credit: Lectures on the elements of farriery: or, the art of horse-shoeing, and on the diseases of the foot. Designed chiefly for the use of the pupils of the Veterinary College, London / By Charles Vial de Sainbel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Paris, and employed them in dissecting and making anatomical preparations of various kinds, which at the opening of the school, served as proofs of the abilities of the pupils he had trained up. In the mean while apartments, were building at the new school, capable of receiving 90 students, with dissect¬ ing room, laboratory, physic garden, &c. and hospi¬ tals able to contain 100 animals, affected with various diseases ; the whole of which was completed in Oc¬ tober following. Since that time, a riding-house has been added, that nothing might be omitted, which could contribute to the better instruction of the pu¬ pils ; and the place has been adorned with a variety of curious and useful animals from different parts ; such as rams and goats, from Spain, India, the Cape, Barbary, and Angola;- cows from different countries, &c. by which the students are furnished with an opportunity, not only of knowing the greater parts of the diseases incident to these different animals, but also of making experiments and observations capable of extending veterinary knowledge. For the same purpose,