THE
AMERICAN REFORMED
CATTLE DOCTOR;
CONTAINING
THE NECESSARY INFORMATION
FOR
PRESERVING THE HEALTH AND CURING THE DISEASES
OF
OXEN, COWS, SHEEP, AND SWINE,
WITH
A GREAT VARIETY OF ORIGINAL RECIPES,
AND
VALUABLE INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO
FARM AND DAIRY MANAGEMENT;
WHEREBY
EVERY MAN CAN BE HIS OWN CATTLE DOCTOR.
THE PRINCIPLES TAUGHT IN THIS WORK ARE, THAT ALL MEDICATION
SHALL BE SUBSERVIENT TO NATURE; THAT ALL MEDICINAL AGENTS
MUST BE SANATIVE IN THEIR OPERATION, AND ADMINISTERED WITH
A VIEW OF AIDING THE VITAL POWERS, INSTEAD OF DEPRESSING,
AS HERETOFORE, WITH THE LANCET AND POISON.
BY
G. H. DADD, M. D., VETERINARY PRACTITIONER,
AUTHOR OF "ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HORSE."
BOSTON:
PHILLIPS, SAMPSON, AND COMPANY,
110 WASHINGTON STREET.
1851.