The farriers new guide: containing first, the anatomy of a horse. Being an exact and compendious description of all his parts; with their actions and uses: illustrated with figures curiously engrav'd on copper-plates. Secondly, an account of all the diseases incident to horses, with their signs, causes, and methods of cure. Wherein many defects in the farriers practice, are now carefully supply'd, their errors expos'd and ammended, and the art greatly improv'd and advanc'd, according to the latest discoveries / the whole interspers'd with many curious and useful observations concerning feeding and exercise, &c., by W. Gibson / [W. Gibson].

  • Gibson, W. (William), 1680?-1750.
Date:
1720
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Credit: The farriers new guide: containing first, the anatomy of a horse. Being an exact and compendious description of all his parts; with their actions and uses: illustrated with figures curiously engrav'd on copper-plates. Secondly, an account of all the diseases incident to horses, with their signs, causes, and methods of cure. Wherein many defects in the farriers practice, are now carefully supply'd, their errors expos'd and ammended, and the art greatly improv'd and advanc'd, according to the latest discoveries / the whole interspers'd with many curious and useful observations concerning feeding and exercise, &c., by W. Gibson / [W. Gibson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    *4 The Sweet bread. Sts V effels. Its Ufe. 'S'he Liver. The Anatomy of a H o r s ii Chap. IIa however, certain, that it ferves to cheri/h and fup- port the left fide of the Stomach, as the Liver does the right to further Digeftion. The Sweet-bread or Pancreas, fo called, becaufe it is altogether fiefhy, is fituated under the back Part of the Stomach, and lies crofs the Belly. It is a White and foft glandular Subftance, ftored plenti¬ fully with Angle Kernels over its Surface, which are fomewhat prominent, and of a reddifh Colour. It has its Cover alfo from the Peritoneum. Its Ar¬ teries fpring from the Cseliacal, and its Nerves from the Intercoftals 5 its refluent Blood is fent into the Liver, as that of the Spleen : Befides, it has a Paf fage into the firft Gut a little below the Stomach, which is call’d the Pancreatic1^ DuB. The Liquor, which that Duff difcharges, is believed, in Con¬ junction with the Gall, to fweeten the Chyle, to free it from all manner of Impurities. This Liquor feems chiefly to be derived from the little Glands which are on its outfide, there being a great many little Pipes detached from them, thro* all Parts of it, to the above-mentioned Duff. As fof the further Ufes of the Sweet-bread, I fhall only take Notice, that as it lies acrofs under the lower Part of the Stomach, it not only contributes to its Warmth, but may help to keep it fomewhat ele¬ vated 5 by which Means its mufcular Affion is not hindred, as it might probably be when full, if its Weight was not fupported. The Ancients believ’d the Liver to be the chief Instrument of Sanguification $ neither could they be much blamed for this Opinion, it being agree¬ able to the firif Difcoveries made in Anatomy. Its Subftance is flefhy, fomewhat refembling congealed Blood: It is fituated on the upper Part of the lower Belly, on the right fide, under the fhort Ribs. The Liver of a Horfe has four Lobes, which grafp the Stomach, and keep it warm. It is ty’d by three Ligaments $ the chief of which is called its Sufj?enJoryy and is a Production of the Peri¬ toneum 5 it is very ftrong and nervous, arifing from the Midriff towards its right fide, and is inferred in the thickeft Part thereof, where its uppermoft Cover,