A new treatise on the diseases of horses: wherein what is necessary to the knowledge of a horse, the cure of his diseases, and other matters relating to that subject are fully discussed ... with the cheapest and most efficacious remedies / [W. Gibson].

  • William Gibson
Date:
1751
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A new treatise on the diseases of horses: wherein what is necessary to the knowledge of a horse, the cure of his diseases, and other matters relating to that subject are fully discussed ... with the cheapest and most efficacious remedies / [W. Gibson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Second contains a fhort Epitome or Abridgment of Anatomy, wherein all the Parts of a Horfe are defcribed in an eafy and inftrudive manner, for the benefit of thofe who have not fien diiTedions, or attended ledures of Anatomy. In this anatomical Part I have fiudied all polTible brevity^ and, at the fame time, have omitted nothing that may give the reader a clear notion of the Animal Oeconomy, with the difeafes and accidents to whieh it is expofed; which I have il- lufirated in fevera! Places, from Obfervations on Horfes I have feen opened, as a proper-foundation for underfianding their difeafes. - The Third contains an. Account of the feveral maladies and difeafes ineident to Horfes, with their figns, caufes, and me^ thod of cure. This I have introduced with a Difcourfe concerning the diet of horfes, and the different manner of Feeding, and other management, whether in the houfe or at grafs; and the acci¬ dents to which Horfes-are expofed by rnifiakes of this kind. I Iiave here alfo laid down feveral ufeful and neceffary cautions concerning Exereile; direcflions for Bleeding ; the cafes that re¬ quire Purging; the proper time and manner; with many ufeful helps for rearing young Horfes that have been kept up and pampered for fale, and thereby rendered unfit for prefent ufe. Alfo the bed: rules to preferve Health, and to prevent thofe accidents that either caufe ficknefs, or produce fuch ill habits of body as often render Horfes unferviccable. Ih
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