Bound in contemporary leather, rebacked; spine largely exposed. Original clasp lacking.
Contents:
Example topics (as transcribed from headings) include: Cure for the ague -- To stop a cow from scowering -- To know the value of a calf alive -- For the gripes in cows or horses -- Lameness in cows -- Receipt for cattle swelled by eating clover -- For measles in hogs -- Boils on the flesh or skin upon cows -- To destroy ticks or lice in sheep -- Yellows or overflowing of the gall or jaundice in cows -- Preparation of clysters -- Loss of appetite in cows -- Cholic or twisting of guts without a flux -- Receipt for sore eyes in men, horses and other cattle -- Plan of smoaking ale in a bottle -- For the plate in a horse -- For a horse that has a cough -- For a horse that has a sore back. Prov'd by the Army -- Receipt for imitating mahogany -- Encyclopaedia: tumours, warts or swelling, in horses -- To effectually destroy bugs -- Purging receipts: encyclopaediae vide remarks -- Of colds encyclopaedia -- Cough and asthma.
Subject Terms:
Horses -- Diseases. | Horses -- Anatomy. | Cattle -- Diseases. | Cattle -- Anatomy. | Veterinary medicine. | Traditional medicine -- Great Britain -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. | Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Great Britain. | Workshop recipes -- Great Britain.