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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    [72] This medicine, though of an opening quality, will improve the horse's strength, and at the same time promote absorption. ALTERATIVE POWDER. Powdered rosin and nitre, of eacli . . 4 oz. MIX AND DIVIDE INTO EIGHT DOSES. Nothing tends so much to prevent grease and swelling of the legs, as frequent hand-ruhhing, and cleaning the heels care- fully, as soon as a horse comes in from exercise. In inveterate cases of grease, where the disease appears to have become ha- bitual in some degree, a run at grass is the only remedy. If a dry paddock can be procured, where a horse can be sheltered in bad weather, and fed with hay and corn, it will be found ex- tremely convenient, as in such circumstances he may perform his usual labor, and at the same time be kept free from the com- plaint. In a few obstinate cases I have seen mercuiial altera- tive of service, giving one ball every morning until the bowels are opened. ASTRINGENT LOTION. No. 1. 1 oz. . 1 dr. 1 p't. 4 oz. I oz. 11 p't. Alum powdered, Vitriolic acid, • Water, • MIX. No. 2, Alum powdered, Vitriolated copper, Water, No. 3. Sugar of lead, Vinegar, Water, 4 oz. 6 oz. The strength of these lotions often requires to be altered. Where the inflammation and irritability of the part are consid- erable, they must be diluted with an equal quantity of water; but if the inflammation be subdued, and a swelling and ulce- ration remain, the alum solution cannot be made too strong.