A treatise on the age of the horse, : being a true delineation, with instructions how to tell his age, from a foal to the period of sixteen years; taken from actual dissections, at the Veterinary College of London: : also, an essay, on founder, contraction and running thrush; showing how thousands of horses in the United States, are annually destroyed by these three diseases, before they have arrived at one third the natural peroid of life. : Also, the causes, best mode of treatment, and cure by the use of the hot and cold bath, introduced into the country on a new principle by the author. / By James Carver, veterinary surgeon, professor of animal medicines, and corresponding member of the London Veterinary Medical Society.
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TextPublication details: Philadelphia [Pa.]: : Published for the author by Littell & Henry, No. 74, South Second Street. Merritt, printer., 1818.; PA. Philadelphia. Description: 93, [3] p., 2 leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm (12mo)Notes: Copyright 1818 by James Carver; In printed paper over boards;
Signatures: A-H⁶;
"To private gentlemen, owners of breweries, mail stage establishments and livery stable keepers, the following useful improvements in veterinary science is respectfully submitted."--p. [92]-93;
"Terms of charges for the privilege of using Dr. Carver’s patent bath."--p. [94];
"College certificates."--p. [95];
"In the press, and will be ready by the first of July, A treatise on the diseases of the eye of the horse ... by the author."--p. [96].References: Shaw & Shoemaker 43545Local Notes: Dickinson Collection;
Historical Society copy inscribed: A. S. Logan;
HSP in LCP;
NEH-Readex2: digital image available in Readex.Local Added Entry - Personal Name: Merritt, Samuel, 1785 or 6-1819, printer;
Logan, Algernon S., 1791-1835, former owner.Imprint: PA. Philadelphia. 1818;
Littell & Henry, publisher.Subject(s): Genre/Form:
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Library Company of Philadelphia Stacks | Am 1818 Car AqD55 C 33 | Available | 91570 |
Copyright 1818 by James Carver.
In printed paper over boards.
Signatures: A-H⁶.
Shaw & Shoemaker 43545
"To private gentlemen, owners of breweries, mail stage establishments and livery stable keepers, the following useful improvements in veterinary science is respectfully submitted."--p. [92]-93.
"Terms of charges for the privilege of using Dr. Carver’s patent bath."--p. [94].
"College certificates."--p. [95].
"In the press, and will be ready by the first of July, A treatise on the diseases of the eye of the horse ... by the author."--p. [96].
Dickinson Collection.
Historical Society copy inscribed: A. S. Logan.
HSP in LCP.
NEH-Readex2: digital image available in Readex.