Farriery improv'd, or, A compleat treatise upon the art of farriery : wherein is fully explain'd, the nature, structure, and mechanism of that noble and useful creature, a horse, the diseases and accidents he is liable to, and methods of cure ; set down in as clear and intelligible a manner as the subject will admit of ; the use and abuse of the science discover'd ; whereby any gentleman may be able to judge for himself, whether or no he is impos'd upon by ignorant grooms, and other pretenders to this art ; together with many necessary and useful observations and remarks concerning the choice and management of horses ; likewise an account of drugs and mix'd medicines used in farriery ; with some remarks upon their genuineness and adulteration ; and their several prices, set down alphabetically at the end of the work /