Observations and discoveries made upon horses with a new method of shoeing. Containing, I. The exact Anatomy of a Horse's Foot. II. The History of the Causes and Seat of different Diseases, said to be in the Hip, or Shoulder, which lame the Horse, and are demonstrated to be in the Foot. III. The extraordinary Effects of the Powder of Puff-Balls, in the stopping of Blood in a few Minutes; and the Arteries cicatrised by this Means only. IV. The new Method of shoeing Horses, both for preserving their Feet, and to prevent their slipping upon smooth Pavements. By the Sieur La Fosse, Farrier to the King of France. Presented to the Royal Academy of Sciences. Illustrated with several copper plates.
- La Fosse, Étienne-Guillaume, -1765.
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- M,DCC,LV. [1755]
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Observations et découvertes faites sur les chevaux. English. Abridgments
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Dublin : printed for C. Wynne at the Parrot in Caple-Street, and J. Exshaw at the Bible in Dame-Street, M,DCC,LV. [1755]
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37,[1]p.,3plates ; 80.
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ESTC T141484
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