Bourgelat, a famous French veterinary surgeon, born at Lyons, and founder of veterinary colleges at Lyons in 1762; was an authority on horse management, and often consulted on the matter (1712‒1779).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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