464 HORSE-SHOES AND HORSE-SHOEING. 



improvement, as the two occupations were closely allied 

 with the conservation and utility of the horse.' 



In the 1 7th century, many publications on veterinary 

 medicine and farriery were published, among which may 

 be mentioned those of Francini,^ Dumesnil,^ Beaugrand,'^ 

 Espinay,^ Prome,^ Beaumont,^ and Delcampe.^ 



But the most distinguished treatise of the century was 

 perhaps that of Solleysel.^ This had an immense suc- 

 cess, was translated into every cultivated language in 

 Europe, and became the oracle of the veterinary surgeons 

 and horsemen of those days. Although this hippiatrist 

 is largely indebted to the writings of Caesar Fiaschi ; and 

 though anatomy and physiology enter but little into his 

 writings, yet there is a good deal of originality in the 

 matter of shoeing, evidencing a tendency to place that 

 art upon a scientific basis ; but the high estimation in 

 which it had been previously held was apparently on the 

 wane. Solleysel, while attaching to its practice great im- 

 portance, being persuaded that every squire, gentleman, 

 or other person having good and fine horses ' ne doit 

 ignorer Tordre et la methode qu'il faut tenir pour les bien 

 ferrer, afin que s'il ne peut avoir un bon marechal, il 

 puisse ordonner de quelle maniere ils doivent etre ferr^s 



* Amlert, Esquisses Historiq. sur I'Armee Franyaises, p. 68. 

 Saumiir, 1837. 



* Hippiatrique, Paris, 1607. 



^ L'Art de la Marechalerie. Paris, 1628. 



■* Le Marechal Expert. Lyons, 1633. 



\ Le Grand Marechalerie. Paris, 1642. 



' Le Grand Marechal Fran9aise. Paris, 1662. 



' Le Nouveau Parfait Marechal. Paris, 1660. 



^ Art de Monter a Cheval. Paris, 1663. 



' Le Parfait Marechal. Paris, 1664. 



