Every man his own farrier; or, the whole art of farriery laid open. : Containing a distinct and accurate view of the causes, symptoms, and most approved methods of cure, for every disease to which the horse is liable. Re-written, corrected, and greatly enlarged. In which are incorporated upwards of one hundred original recipes, never before published. With an appendix, considerably augmented, containing a number of valuable recipes; and the proper method of preparing and compounding all the different medicines recommended in this work. / By Francis Clater.

Francis Clater

Date:: 1811

Credit: Every man his own farrier; or, the whole art of farriery laid open. : Containing a distinct and accurate view of the causes, symptoms, and most approved methods of cure, for every disease to which the horse is liable. Re-written, corrected, and greatly enlarged. In which are incorporated upwards of one hundred original recipes, never before published. With an appendix, considerably augmented, containing a number of valuable recipes; and the proper method of preparing and compounding all the different medicines recommended in this work. / By Francis Clater. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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he afterwards continued for many years; and by whom be was not only intrusted with » all the secrets of his profession, but was also instructed in the practical part there- of. His subsequent practice has been carried on partly at Newark, and for the last twenty-six years at Retford, in the county of Nottingham, where his exten- sive concern as a chemist and druggist has afforded him great opportunity of making such improvement in the practice oi fax- riery, as he trusts will give satisfaction to a candid public* The present edition will be found en- tirely new, and on a plan entirely different from any former treatise of a similar kind. It exhibits. First, The nature and symptoms of every disorder to which that noble and useful animal, the horse, is subject to, in a plain and concise manner*

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