No foot, no horse: an essay on the anatomy of the foot of that noble and useful animal, the horse. Wherein each part is accurately described; the disorders each part is liable to are treated of, and proper remedies are offered; together with particular directions for the cure of some of the chief internal diseases which horses are subject to / [Jeremiah Bridges].

  • Bridges, Jeremiah
Date:
1752
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Credit: No foot, no horse: an essay on the anatomy of the foot of that noble and useful animal, the horse. Wherein each part is accurately described; the disorders each part is liable to are treated of, and proper remedies are offered; together with particular directions for the cure of some of the chief internal diseases which horses are subject to / [Jeremiah Bridges]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    have Recourfe to Methods of Cure under that Plead. Forbear attempting to draw the Soal, v/hich in this Cafe is utter DeftruCtion. If the Founder be fixed, and the Hoof contracted for Want of timely Affiftance, make Ufe of the Screw-fhoe, applying Floof-Salve to the Clefts or Sciffures made in the Hoof; which muft: be bound on with a Cloth for the three firft Drefiings; thefe, you muft obferve, are to be re¬ peated every third Day. Apply the Stopping to the Feet at the fame Time ; but be cautious of applying it boiling hot, as fome have directed; for Scalding is as pernicious as Burning, and gives exquifite Pain to the fenfible Parts, there¬ fore apply it: b]ood-warm only. After the fecond Dreffing, the Patient may be turned out to Grafs. Soft low Grounds are fttteft for him ; and con¬ tinue rubbing the Hoof-Salve into the Clefts or Sciffures made in the Hoof for fome Time. Note, In Cafes of a Founder, where the Coffins are funk, and the Soal pumiced