A new compendious treatise of farriery. Wherein are set forth in a plain, familiar, and natural manner the disorders incident to horses, and their respective cures: together with some interesting observations on bleeding, purging, exercise, &c / By John Wood.

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A new compendious treatise of farriery. Wherein are set forth in a plain, familiar, and natural manner the disorders incident to horses, and their respective cures: together with some interesting observations on bleeding, purging, exercise, &c / By John Wood.