Religio Medici. E-book. Formato PDF Thomas Browne   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

During the next hundred and fifty years only about four editions appeared; but early in the second quarter of the present century the little book, which seemed almost forgotten in the publishing world, was being edited Simultaneously by a Norwich bookseller, an Oxford undergraduate, and an American divine; and in 1831, after an interval of nearly eighty years, a precocious youth of nineteen 2 had the honour of once more bringing it before public notice.3 It has since been republished seven times in England, and four times in America, so there is no probability of its ever again falling into comparative oblivion.

The Complete Modern Farrier: A Compendium of Veterinary Science and Practice Showing Methods for the Prevention of All Diseases to Which Farm Live-Stock Are Liable. E-book. Formato PDF Thomas Brown   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

On account of the remarkable degree of public favour with which the former editions of this work has been received, this new edition has been thoroughly revised and brought fully up to date, so as to embody all the latest discoveries in Veterinary Science and Practice. In recent years great advances has been made in Veterinary Science, and the researches of Pasteur, Koch, and other eminent investigators in different fields of science have thrown a flood of light on the origin and nature of the diseases to which farm livestock are liable, and have also shown how in the case of many maladies the cause of the disease may be easily removed, so that in that way the disease may be prevented. The results of these researches made by eminent scientists, and confirmed by the practice of eminent veterinary surgeons, have been embodied in this new edition, which thus contains a great deal of valuable matter that was not to be found in the older editions. In the section relating to cattle, several new chapters have been added.