The Farmer's Own Book: A Treatise on the numerous diseases of the horse, with an explanation of their symptoms, and the course of treatment to be pursued.
Baltimore, MD: Printed by McCoull & Slater, N.W. corner of Baltimore and Charles Streets, 1857. Duodecimo (16.5 x 11.5 cm.), 226, [4], iii pages. Includes separate indexes for each of three sections. Small woodcut illustrations. FIRST EDITION. A farrier’s manual, really a holistic veterinary manual which includes, formulae, receipts, and prescriptions. The text includes a list of domestic medicines and receipts, for example, Lunar Caustic, "very useful in curing bites.....