The modern farrier, or, The art of preserving the health and curing the diseases of horses, dogs, oxen, cows, sheep, & swine : comprehending a great variety of original and approved recipes, instructions in hunting, shooting, coursing, racing, and fishing, and a summary of the game laws; with an enlivening selection of the most interesting sporting anecdotes : the whole forming an invaluable and useful companion to all persons concerned in the breeding and managing of domestic animals / by A. Lawson ... ; illustrated with numerous engravings.

  • Lawson, A., active 1820-1827
Date:
1823
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Credit: The modern farrier, or, The art of preserving the health and curing the diseases of horses, dogs, oxen, cows, sheep, & swine : comprehending a great variety of original and approved recipes, instructions in hunting, shooting, coursing, racing, and fishing, and a summary of the game laws; with an enlivening selection of the most interesting sporting anecdotes : the whole forming an invaluable and useful companion to all persons concerned in the breeding and managing of domestic animals / by A. Lawson ... ; illustrated with numerous engravings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    astringent ointment mentioned above should be changed for the following : Yellow resin, - . 4 ounces. Olive oil, - - - half an ounce. Red nitrated quicksilver in fine powder, - - half an ounce. In all cases of grease, exercise on clean and dry ground is of the highest consequence; and if he be weak, a liberal allowance of corn, with careful grooming, is of great service. When the disease is subdued, a run at grass is highly proper. For pre- venting a return, cleanliness and frequent hard rub- bing is essentially necessary; and a horse whose legs are disposed to swell should be bandaged after hard work, and the bandage moistened with alum and w^ater. * It is a general, but a very erroneous opinion,' says Mr. Lawrence, that the hair harbours dirt, and consequently promotes the disorder. But the contrary is the fact. From the hair being longer at the heels than in any other part of the leg, it is clear that nature had some particular reason for that difference; and that reason is, on a moment's consi- deration, self-obvious: namely, for the defence of a part which is more exposed to friction than the rest of the limb. This hair, by lying close to the skin, shields it from the action of the dirt, which, when the heels are trimmed close, always insinuates itself, and by rubbing the skin irritates it and inflames it to a considerable degree; for when the hair is cut close, that which is left does not lie smooth, but stands out endways like a brush, and thus easily admits mud, and clay, and every other kind of dirt. The skin secretes a natural oily fluid,. for the pur- pose of keg])ing it soft and flexible; but when it is thus exposed by trimming ofl* the hair, this fluid is rubbed off* by friction, and the skin becoming hard and dry, soon Cracks, and the grease ensues.