17th century handbook in Veterinary medicine.

17TH CENTURY HANDBOOK IN VETERINARY MEDICINE. MARKHAM, GERVASE. Markham´s Master-piece: Containing All Knowledge belonging to the Smith, Farrier, or Horse-Leach, touching the Curing all Diseases in Horses. Drawn with great Pains from Approved Experience, and the Publick Practice of the best Horse-Marshals in Christendom. Divided in Two Books. The I. Containing Cures Physical: The II. All Cures Chirurgical. Together with The Nature, Use, and Quality of every Simple mentioned through the whole Work. Now the Seventeenth Time Printed, Corrected, and Augmented, with above Thirty New Chapters, and Forty New Medicines heretofore never Publish´d. To which is added, the Exactest Receipts for Curing all diseases in Oxen, Cows, Sheep, Hogs, Goats, Dogs, and all smaller Cattle. Also The Compleat Jockey, Containing Methods for the Training Horses up for Racing, with their Heats and Courses, and Manner of Keeping, &c. Also, Instructions to avoid being Cheated by Horse-Coursers. To which is Added, in this Seventeenth Impression, Directions to preserve all sorts of Cattle, from all manner of Diseaes, and to feed Cattle Fat, without Corn, Hay, or Grass. Also the true Way to improve St-Foin. With divers other Things never before made Publick. 432398.