Dowing (J[oseph]) A Treatise on the Disorders incident to Horned Cattle

Dowing (J[oseph]) A Treatise on the Disorders incident to Horned Cattle, comprising a description of their symptoms, and the most rational methods of cure ... to which are added, receipts for curing the gripes, staggers, and worms in horses; and an appendix, containing instructions for the extracting of calves, Stourbridge: sold by T. Hurst, Longman and Rees, Rivington, 1797, [re-issue of the first edition, published the same year], 8vo, lacking the half-title, numerous blanks bound in at the end, with fourteen pages of manuscript remedies, modern half calf and marbled boards, endpapers renewed

Downing’s treatise contains details of symptoms and treatments for diseases in cattle, together with a small number of remedies for maladies in horses. Most of its over 250 subscribers listed at the end are from Stourbridge and Worcestershire.