The New-England farrier, or, A compendium of earriery [sic], in four parts : wherein most of the diseases to which horses, neat cattle, sheep and swine are incident, are treated of ; with medical and surgical observations thereon ; the remedies, in general, are such as are easily procured, safely applied, and happily successful ; being the result of many years experience ; and first production of the kind in New-England ; intended for the use of private gentlemen and farmers / by Paul Jewett, of Rowley.

  • Jewett, Paul.
Date:
MDCCXCV [1795]
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Credit: The New-England farrier, or, A compendium of earriery [sic], in four parts : wherein most of the diseases to which horses, neat cattle, sheep and swine are incident, are treated of ; with medical and surgical observations thereon ; the remedies, in general, are such as are easily procured, safely applied, and happily successful ; being the result of many years experience ; and first production of the kind in New-England ; intended for the use of private gentlemen and farmers / by Paul Jewett, of Rowley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    J9UT horfe therefore often, and but little at a time ; let las water alfo be given Kim when he crav s ; fome horfes are more thirty than others, and un- lefs indulged with watrr wiil refufe the choiceft hay. There is likewife a great choice in wafeff, Thofe waters that readily mix with alkalin fub- ftances and common foap, are belt fuittd to di- lute the food, and promote the fecretions of an animal body. ON EXERCISE. A HORSE that hath been ufed to labour, or fufftred to roam abroad, is an unsuitable fubjc£t for confinement, efpecially if his manner of living be- comes more luxurious. Idlenefs brings on a rtdun- deucy of the fluids, and a congestion of thatperfpir- ab'e matter, thrown off by exereife. When this therefore is detained in the body, it will prove a {timulus to many general and local dif- eafes. I have feen it verified in many instances of gentlemen's horfes, who afford them leifure, and are not careful to apply that excellent fubltitute frittion, or currying. I now find a neceffity of changing my advice, and advocating the wrctchednefsof thoi'e animals, whofe fiL nt groans demand our comrnifferation. Horfes ennot travel through heat and rain, over th<j fandy heath or rocky mountain, infenfible as the chariot to which he is harneffsd. The rider fhould make his ftages, as the difficulty of the way ami flrength of the animal indicates. His limbs (hould be rubbed with a brufh or woolen cloth, to prevent t'leir growing (tiff and fwelling ; he ihould not be permitted to drink till cool and