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The citizen & countryman's experienced farrier : together with a valuable collection of the best receipts in the known world for the cure of all maladies and distempers incident to horses of what kind soever, with directions to know the ailment, or disease / by J. Markham, G. Jeffries, and experienced Indians.

Author/creator Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
Other author/creatorJeffries, G.
Other author/creatorMillis, John.
Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoBaltimore : Printed and sold by Samuel Sower, 1803.
Description346 pages.
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 4582
Early American imprints. Second series no. 4582. ^A575643
Contents I. The best method of ordering, dieting, exercising, purging, scowering, and cleansing of horses : also, choice restoratives to chear the heart, procure an appetite, and to clear the lungs and pipes, and give large breath to the running or race-horse -- II. An experienced and approved method for raising of horses, mares, colts and stallions, as to ordering, keeping, &c. -- III. A sure and certain rule to know the age of any horse, from one year to ten, with good observations as he further advances in years.
Contents IV. The true shape of a horse explained : with choice directions for buying -- V. A sure method to know the true state of any horse's body, as to sickness or health -- VI. The best method of keeping the common hackney, or hunting horse, lively, chearful, free from colds, strains, windgalls, and gross humours -- VII. An approved method of purging, bleeding and feeding cattle : with choice receipts for the diseases they are incident to : with signs to know the disease, and directions for the use of medicines.
General note"To the reader", signed: J.M. (i.e., John Millis)
General noteIncludes index.
References Shaw & Shoemaker, 4582.
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New Canaan, CT] : Readex Microprint, [1987-1992] microfiches ; 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 4582).

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