Observations on the structure, œconomy, and diseases of the foot of the horse, and on the principles and practice of shoeing / by Edward Coleman.

  • Coleman, Edward, 1765-1839.
Date:
1798-1802
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Credit: Observations on the structure, œconomy, and diseases of the foot of the horse, and on the principles and practice of shoeing / by Edward Coleman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    from the labors of fuch a man; and yet his em- ployment would be lefs intricate and difficult than that of a Farrier, who has to keep in health, or re- move the difeafes of a complicated machine, the in- ternal parts of which he has probably never once feen. The artift who attends to the clock or watch, or any inanimate machine, begins to learn his art fcientifically and properly. He takes the machine to pieces; he fees all the parts that enter into its compofition; he learns the fituation and ufes of thefe parts, and the relative importance of each, be- fore he attempts to remove a fingle impediment or defe6l. But the Smith is required to preferve vari- ous parts of the Horfe's foot in health that he never faw, and reflore them, when difeafed, to their origi- nal condition, without being acquainted with their anatomy or functions. No