The illustrated horse doctor : being an accurate and detailed account, accompanied by more than 400 pictorial representations characteristic of the various diseases to which the equine race are subjected, together with the latest mode of treatment, and all the requisite prescriptions, written in plain English / by Edward Mayhew.

  • Mayhew, Edward, 1813?-1868.
Date:
1873
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The illustrated horse doctor : being an accurate and detailed account, accompanied by more than 400 pictorial representations characteristic of the various diseases to which the equine race are subjected, together with the latest mode of treatment, and all the requisite prescriptions, written in plain English / by Edward Mayhew. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    capable of talking to a Veterinary Surgeon, without displaying either total ignorance or pitiable prejudice;—which, in cases of emergency, might direct the uninitiated in the primary measures necessary to arrest the progress of disease;—and which, when professional assistance could not be obtained, might even instruct the novice how to treat equine disorders in such a manner as would afford a reasonable prospect oi success. When the regular diet and simple lives of most horses are regarded, the latter expectations certainly do not seem beyond the reach of human ambition. Cleanly and simple remedies alone are required; and these, gentlemen of the highest rank may, without fear of taint or of ridicule, condescend to pre- scribe. To secure such an end, the present book has been written in plain language. The author has endeavoured to eschew hieroglyphics and to avoid technicalities. The mean- ing has shaped the terms employed; and all the graces of style have been intentionally discarded. In conclusion, the author has to thank the publishers for the very handsome shape in which they have been pleased to embody his efforts; likewise, he has to acknowledge an obli- gation to the skill and the ability with which the Messrs. Dalziel have seconded his endeavours. 2, Lansdowne Villas, West Bkompton, 1st June, I860.