The Improved Art of Farriery: Containing a Complete View of the Structure and Economy of the Horse, Directions for Feeding, Grooming, Shoeing, &c. and the Management of the Stable : the Nature, Symptoms, and Treatment of All Diseases Incidental to Horses, Neat Cattle, and Sheep : and a Treatise on Racers, Hunters, and Dogs of Every Description |
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... Exercise Diseases of the Horse Fevers Simple Fever Symptomatic Fever Farcy and Glanders Glanders · 7 · 10 PAGE . Lameness in the Whirl - bone 61 Lameness in the Coffin - joint 61 Broken Knees - 62 Strains in the Back Sinews 63 13 ...
... Exercise Diseases of the Horse Fevers Simple Fever Symptomatic Fever Farcy and Glanders Glanders · 7 · 10 PAGE . Lameness in the Whirl - bone 61 Lameness in the Coffin - joint 61 Broken Knees - 62 Strains in the Back Sinews 63 13 ...
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... EXERCISE . THIS is one of the most essential points to be con- sidered in the stable - management of horses , as ... exercise is necessary to all horses , is sufficiently evinced from the aptitude of their being afflicted witn grease 20 ...
... EXERCISE . THIS is one of the most essential points to be con- sidered in the stable - management of horses , as ... exercise is necessary to all horses , is sufficiently evinced from the aptitude of their being afflicted witn grease 20 ...
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... Exercise , on the other hand , assists and promotes a free circu- lation of the blood , enlarges the sinews and muscles , creates an appetite , and improves the wind ; thus in- vigorating the system entirely , and the horse is more ...
... Exercise , on the other hand , assists and promotes a free circu- lation of the blood , enlarges the sinews and muscles , creates an appetite , and improves the wind ; thus in- vigorating the system entirely , and the horse is more ...
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... exercise in hot and dry wea- ther , and bad food , are chiefly the causes which occa- sions Staggers . He further adds- " Other things have also the same effects , as soiling horses with any kind of green herbage , such as vetches or ...
... exercise in hot and dry wea- ther , and bad food , are chiefly the causes which occa- sions Staggers . He further adds- " Other things have also the same effects , as soiling horses with any kind of green herbage , such as vetches or ...
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... exercise , till he recovers his usual vigour . By this method several horses have been cured that were much affected with convulsive systems , and the event plainly showed that this affection was owing to a stoppage of the alimentary ...
... exercise , till he recovers his usual vigour . By this method several horses have been cured that were much affected with convulsive systems , and the event plainly showed that this affection was owing to a stoppage of the alimentary ...
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aloes animal antimony appearance Arabian horses astringent ball Barbadoes beating become better bleeding blister blood body bone bowels breed Calomel Camphor cantharides Castile Soap cattle cause clysters cold colour condition consequence costiveness cough Cream of Tartar cure discharge disease diuretics dose drachms effect exercise farriers fattening feeding feet flesh fluid foal foot frequently frog gamekeeper give given Glanders grains grass ground head healthy heat heels hoof horse horse's hounds hundred guineas inflammation lameness legs licensed to deal likewise lungs mare means method miles mixed nature necessary never nitre ointment operation ounces pain person pint poultice pounds powdered prevent produce proper purging quantity racer remedies rider rubbed salt seldom shoe skin sometimes soon stable stomach strength sufficient swelling symptoms tail Tartar tion Turpentine veterinary White Vitriol wound
Popular passages
Page 234 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, The glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: Neither believeth he that it is the sound of...
Page 589 - Notice in Writing of such Action, and of the Cause thereof, shall be given to the Defendant One Calendar Month at least before the Commencement of the Action...
Page 426 - To her known mew she flies! Here, huntsman, bring (But without hurry) all thy jolly hounds, And calmly lay them in. How low they stoop, And seem to plough the ground ! then all at once With greedy nostrils snuff the fuming steam That glads their fluttering hearts.
Page 585 - Crown shall think fit ; and to authorize such person, as gamekeeper, to kill game within the same, for his own use or for the use of any other person or persons...
Page 417 - Hark ! what: loud shouts Re-echo through the groves ! he breaks away. Shrill horns proclaim his flight. Each straggling hound Strains o'er the lawn to reach the distant pack. 'Tis triumph all and joy.
Page 218 - I am going to yield thee up ? To Europeans, who will tie thee close — who will beat thee — who will render thee miserable ! Return with me, my beauty ! my jewel ! and rejoice the hearts of my children !' As he pronounced the last words, he sprung upon her back and was out of sight in a moment.
Page 586 - Licence shall be so granted to buy Game at any Place from any Person who may lawfully sell Game by virtue of this Act, and also to sell the same at One House, Shop, or Stall only kept by him ; provided that every Person, while so licensed to deal in Game...
Page 430 - Happy the man, who with unrival'd speed Can pass his fellows, and with pleasure view The struggling pack ; how in the rapid course Alternate they preside, and jostling push To guide the dubious scent ; how giddy youth Oft babbling errs, by wiser age...
Page 218 - Arab to his mare has often been told, but it comes home to the bosom of every one possessed of common feeling. "The whole stock of an Arab of the desert consisted of a mare. The French consul offered to purchase her in order to send her to his sovereign, Louis XIV. The Arab would have rejected the proposal at once with indignation and scorn ; but he was miserably poor. He had no means of supplying his most urgent wants, or procuring the barest necessaries of life.. Still he hesitated ; he had scarcely...
Page 601 - ... penalty to the informer, and the other to the poor of the parish where the...