A treatise on the diseases and lameness of horses. In which is laid down a proper method of shoeing (in general) and treating the different kinds of feet. To which are added some new observations in the art of farriery, and on the nature and difference of horses. Shewing on what principles their perfection depends, and by what methods their breed may be greatly improved and amended / by W. Osmer.

Osmer, William

Date:: 1761

Credit: A treatise on the diseases and lameness of horses. In which is laid down a proper method of shoeing (in general) and treating the different kinds of feet. To which are added some new observations in the art of farriery, and on the nature and difference of horses. Shewing on what principles their perfection depends, and by what methods their breed may be greatly improved and amended / by W. Osmer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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{ 22] by examining the interior ftructure of the foot. | . But the modern artifts, not content with ruining and deftroying the work © of Providence, feem refolved, that all their operations fhall be of a-piece, and in every thing act by contraries. —And, to prove this, I {hall demonftrate, that the fhoe commonly made ufe of, is contrary to fenfe and reafon, as well as to the natural tread of the foot. It is to be underftood, that no horfe can go, if the fhoe refts upon — the fole ; and to avoid this evil, the modern fhoe muft be formed, and ftand concave ; becaufe the modern {hoe is made thinneft on the outfide, and thickeft on the infide. | Mark

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