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
Other author Jeffries, G.
Other author Millis, John.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBaltimore : Printed and sold by Samuel Sower, 1803.
Description346 pages
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly 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 --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
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 4582).

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