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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    into it by the Hypogajiricl^ Arteries, and carry’d along in little Pipes to two Glands, which are pret¬ ty large, feared at the Root of each Pap, where undergoing its lad Refinement it isdifcharged firft into its proper Vehicles, and then into the Paps which convey it to the Foal. Tho’ the Udder of a Mare feems to be one undivi¬ ded Subftance, yet, as in all other Animals,it is truly feparated j the Veffels of one Pap having no im¬ mediate Communication with the Veffels of the other. So that if a Mare fhould have one fide of her Udder hurt, the Foal, may flill be nourifhed by the other. It may perhaps be expedfed that I fhould put an End to this Chapter by giving fome Account of Conception* and the Manner of the Foal’s being nourifhed in the Womb, and likewiie that I fhould take feme Notice of the Male-Seed, which by moft modern Anatomifts is believed to be full of Ani- malcula, or little moving Creatures, which, they lay, by the Flelp of a Microfcope may be plainly diicerned in that Liquor. But as thefe things would not only be too tedious, but of more Curio- fity than Ufe to the Farrier, for whofe Service this is principally intended: And as Anatomifls differ among themfelves in many Circumflances concern¬ ing them 5 and moreover as it would, befides a bare Knowledge of the Strudlure of the Parts, require in the Reader a competent Skill in natural Know- ledge to underftand thofe Difputes fully: I fhallnot therefore detain him about them, but proceed to a Defcription of the Middle Venter or Cheft, being that which propeidy comes next under Confide- yation, TABLE II. reprefents the Stomach, and feveral other Parts contained in the lower Belly. Fig. x, Sheweth the Stomach taken out of the Body. A. The Gullet. B. The upper Orifice of the Stomach. * C C. Tu-o Nerves di[perfed through the upper Part of the Stomach.