A complete system of farriery, and veterinary medicine : containi[n]g a compendium of the veterinary art, or an accurate description of the diseases of horses, and their mode of treatment; the anatomy and physiology of the foot, and the principles and practice of shoeing. With observations on stable management, feeding, exercise, and condition / by James White ... newly arranged by the publishers, in which are introduced the late and important treatises upon the glanders, farcy, staggers, inflammation of the lungs and bowels, the prevention and treatment of lameness, and precautions to be observed in purchasing horses. By the same author. Illustrated by eighteen elegant plates.

  • White, James, -1825
Date:
1832
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Credit: A complete system of farriery, and veterinary medicine : containi[n]g a compendium of the veterinary art, or an accurate description of the diseases of horses, and their mode of treatment; the anatomy and physiology of the foot, and the principles and practice of shoeing. With observations on stable management, feeding, exercise, and condition / by James White ... newly arranged by the publishers, in which are introduced the late and important treatises upon the glanders, farcy, staggers, inflammation of the lungs and bowels, the prevention and treatment of lameness, and precautions to be observed in purchasing horses. By the same author. Illustrated by eighteen elegant plates. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 56] To enable you to judge, and form an opinion from ract9, I shall send you, by the mail from Swansea, in a parcel, a state- ment of a variety of cases, by Mr. Collins, whom I have named above: and I also send you some memoranda of cases and ob- servations made by myself at the time they are dated. I shall be very happy if they tend to throw any light, on the subject. As I have not any copies of these papers, and I have not time to have them copied, I have to request, that you will re-- turn them tome in a parcel, directed to this place as soon as you shall have done with them. If they should suggest any thing, which may lead you to make any farther inquiries, I shall be happy in endeavoring to procure you any farther informa- tion you may desire. I am, sir, &c. The following is a copy of some observations made by an in- telligent surgeon, who had many opportunities of seeing the disease, and carefully examined the bodies that died of it, in the year 1800, at which time the disorder was prevalent: In 1786, the distemper appeared in June, and continued during July, August and September. In 1787, it began in July, and continued during August, September, and great part of October. In 1786, the summer was wet. In 1787, the spring was wet, but the summer warm, and a very luxuriant crop of latter grass. In 1800, the summer was unusually dry and hot: great crops of hay, but no after grass. Horses of all a^es, and of both sexes, were equally liable to the distemper. More horses were attacked at grass than in stable. Idle and working hor- ses were affected; but more of the former, particularly when in high condition: in these the disorder was more violent, and ve- ry few recovered. Causes Not known. In 1787, the disease was attributed to the luxuriance of the after grass; but this year, there is none. Th« water of the river was supposed to have some bad quality; but, upon being analysed, nothing of the sort was discovered. ' Authors. None treat of it accurately; but a disease described in Wood's Farriery, published in 1762, nearly resembles it.