The country-man's guide or plain directions for ordering. Curing. Breeding choice, use, and feeding. Of horses, cows, sheep, hoggs, &c. Adorn'd with sculptuers, shewing the proper places in the bodies of the said several beasts, where the said distempers do usually happen. Published for the publick good, by W.W.

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The country-man's guide or plain directions for ordering. Curing. Breeding choice, use, and feeding. Of horses, cows, sheep, hoggs, &c. Adorn'd with sculptuers, shewing the proper places in the bodies of the said several beasts, where the said distempers do usually happen. Published for the publick good, by W.W.
Author
Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.
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London :: printed for S. Lee, stationer, over against the post-office in Lombard-street,
1679.
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Subject terms
Domestick animals -- Early works to 1800.
Horses -- Early works to 1800.
Swine -- Early works to 1800.
Sheep -- Early works to 1800.
Cows -- Early works to 1800.
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"The country-man's guide or plain directions for ordering. Curing. Breeding choice, use, and feeding. Of horses, cows, sheep, hoggs, &c. Adorn'd with sculptuers, shewing the proper places in the bodies of the said several beasts, where the said distempers do usually happen. Published for the publick good, by W.W." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A71265.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.

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2. Giddiness.

Giddiness in the Head befalls Sheep most commonly in the Dog-days, in∣somuch, as it makes them turn a∣bout and leap; and in case you touch their Fore-head or Feet, you will find that they burn exceedingly. Against this Sickness you must let them blood in the middle of the Nose with a piece of Horn made sharp for that purpose, thrust up as high as you can

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possible; which will cause the Sheep presently to fall into a sound, and im∣mediately they will come again to themselves. This being applied, they will either be immediately well of this Distemper, or die very speedily; yet more do recover than die. Some Shep∣herds have tried the letting of Blood in the Temples of the Head, losing their Blood by little and little, which hath proved very successful afterward, giving them a spoonful of Brandy mixt with Mithridate.

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