Author: MELVIN, A.D. (chief)
Title: Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
Description: Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, 1907. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth. 608pp. Numerous line drawings, numerous full-page engraved plates (some full color). Very good. Mild edgewear and light soiling to binding. Revised edition of this well-known 1890 text issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry, with each of 17 chapters authored by a noted horse veterinarian and devoted to focused topics such as "Methods of administering medicines," "Diseases of the digestive organs," "Lameness, "Wounds and their treatment," "Osteoporosis or bighead," "Shoeing," etc. The color plates are especially lovely. .

Keywords: Natural History


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