Author: Clater, Francis [1756 - 1823]
Title: EVERY MAN His OWN CATTLE DOCTOR; or, A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Horned Cattle:; Being a Concise and Familiar Description of All the Diseases Incident to Oxen, Cows, and Sheep; With the most simple and effectual method of curing each Disorder, in all its various stages; and the most efficacious treatment of Cows, before, at, and after the time of calving; and also of Ewes during the lambing season
Description: Albany: , 1817. 1st Edition thus, i.e. by this publisher & 2nd US edition overll (American Imprints 40487; Austin 479). Period brown quater sheep with drab paper boards. 6 horizontal double-rules to spine. xii, [1 (blank)], 14 - 191, [3 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-3/8". Binding worn & soiled, with tender joints. Paper age-toned, with foxing & browning. Rear blank with horizontal tear across leaf. A Good copy. The author lists 137 recipes, to be used to counteract a plethora of ailments described herein, including 'Warbles', a disease caused by the gadfly [use recipe 71 for a cure]. A popular veterinary manual, first published in the UK in 1810. The UK edition readily found in the market, this US edition.. not so much.

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