The experienced farrier, or, Farring compleated In two books physical and chyrurgical. Bringing pleasure to the gentleman, and profit to the countrey-man. ... For here is contained every thing that belongs to a true horse-man, groom, farrier or horse-leach, viz. breeding; the manner how, the season when, ... and what are fit for generation; the feeder, rider, keeper, ambler and buyer; as also the making of several precious drinks, suppositories, balls, purgations, ... and directions how to use them for all inward and outward diseases. Also the paring and shooing of all manner of hoofes, ... The prices and vertues of most of the principal drugs, both simple and compound belonging to farring, ... also a large table of the virtues of most simples set down alphabetically, and many hundreds of simples placed one after another, for the cure of all ... diseases, ... with many new receipts of excellent use and value; never yet printed before in any author. By E.R. Gent.
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The experienced farrier, or, Farring compleated In two books physical and chyrurgical. Bringing pleasure to the gentleman, and profit to the countrey-man. ... For here is contained every thing that belongs to a true horse-man, groom, farrier or horse-leach, viz. breeding; the manner how, the season when, ... and what are fit for generation; the feeder, rider, keeper, ambler and buyer; as also the making of several precious drinks, suppositories, balls, purgations, ... and directions how to use them for all inward and outward diseases. Also the paring and shooing of all manner of hoofes, ... The prices and vertues of most of the principal drugs, both simple and compound belonging to farring, ... also a large table of the virtues of most simples set down alphabetically, and many hundreds of simples placed one after another, for the cure of all ... diseases, ... with many new receipts of excellent use and value; never yet printed before in any author. By E.R. Gent.
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E. R., Gent.
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London :: printed by Richard Northcott adjoyning to S. Peters Alley in Cornhill, and at the Marrier and Anchor upon New-Fish street Hill, near London-bridge,
1681.
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Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800.
Horses -- Early works to 1800.
Veterinary medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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"The experienced farrier, or, Farring compleated In two books physical and chyrurgical. Bringing pleasure to the gentleman, and profit to the countrey-man. ... For here is contained every thing that belongs to a true horse-man, groom, farrier or horse-leach, viz. breeding; the manner how, the season when, ... and what are fit for generation; the feeder, rider, keeper, ambler and buyer; as also the making of several precious drinks, suppositories, balls, purgations, ... and directions how to use them for all inward and outward diseases. Also the paring and shooing of all manner of hoofes, ... The prices and vertues of most of the principal drugs, both simple and compound belonging to farring, ... also a large table of the virtues of most simples set down alphabetically, and many hundreds of simples placed one after another, for the cure of all ... diseases, ... with many new receipts of excellent use and value; never yet printed before in any author. By E.R. Gent." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A57242.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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Another Excellent Purge or Scouring, which is good to free a Horse from the same Distempers as the others did, and is the best way I know of for * 1.1the dissolving of Aloes.
Take an Ounce of the best Barbadoes Aloes, or Aloes Hepatica, and beat it in a Mortar to a fine powder, then put it into a Bladder, and wet the powder very well with Brandy wine, then Tie it up hard that it re∣ceive no Vent, and put it into a Skillet of Water, and set it over the Fire, and you shall find that in a little more then a quarter of an Houres boyling▪ your Aloes will be quite dissolved. Then take it off the Fire, (ha∣ving first in a readiness a quart of strong Beer indifferent hot) and untie
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or clip your Bladder with a Pair of Scissers, and let out your Aloes into the Beer, and put also into it an Ounce of fresh Butter, with the Yolks and Whites of two New laid Eggs; Brew and beat all these very well together, till you think they are cool enough to give him, and Order him as in the former Receipt. If your Horse be strong and lusty, and that you think this is not a sufficient Dose strong enough for him, you may either add more Aloes, or else you may put into it as much of the pow∣der of the Root of Jallop and Liquoris, as will lie upon a Six-pence, which will strengthen his Purge very much and make it work very freely, kind∣ly and safely.
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☜ Or you may dissolve your Aloes in cold Brandy, being first beaten into fine powder, and put therein.