1871 Delaware Book Diseases Incident To The Horse By Alexander Dunbar

A Treatise on the Diseases Incident to the Horse" —
Wilmington, Delaware: James and Webb, printers and publishers, 1871. Publishers cloth, spine and front joint damage with loss; gutter split at introduction page; text page is toned but not heavily Fox; includes black-and-white illustrations; by Alexander Dunbar, promoting the Dunbar system, — Book focuses primarily on diseases affecting the horse's foot, arguing that most lameness in horses originates from hoof contraction and providing remedies for such issu along with various treatments the book is notable for having numerous Examples of correspondence with whose who of notable Americans including general grant, Custer, etc.