Dadd's chart of veterinary reformed practice : being a condensed synopsis of the diseases of horses, cattle and sheep, with their cause, symptoms and treatment /
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Old Dickinson Print. Office, C.C.P. Moody, printer, 52 Washington Street,
1848.
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| Item Description: | Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 67 x 44.8 cm. Caption title. Mounted in machine stamped binding, as issued. Tavistock Books description: Broadside, folded 6 times to fit within the cloth binding. Ornamental border. Illustrated with 12 woodcuts of livestock, 5 at the top, 7 at the bottom. Binding: 6 1/4" x 4 1/4". Chart: 28" x 18 5/8". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with title gilt stamped to front board. Dadd was born in England and emigrated to America. By education a doctor, he turned to veterinary practice around 1845 and opened a proprietary school, the Boston Veterinary institute in 1855, but only to limited success, closing 3 years later. The American Cattle Doctor (1851), The Modern Horse Doctor (1854) & The Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse (1857); this latter was the first such work published in America. In these books, we find Dadd was an early advocate of rational & humane medical treatment, including the use of anesthesia. With this early publication, Dadd provides a fold-out chart that lists the various diseases that could affect horses, cattle, and sheep. Across the top are categories for disease, their causes, symptoms and cures, with the latter two segregated by horse, cattle, and sheep. The diseases are sub-divided by anatomy, and include skin laceration, colic, distemper, &c, &c. Under this is found a section on medicines, with the lower portion used for advice on purchasing a horse, ventilating a stable, etc.; testimonials found at the bottom right of the broadside. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations ; 71 x 48 cm, folded in cover to 17 x 11 cm |