70 MODERN FAKHiER. 



extending half way down the wall. When permit- 

 ted to increase, it generally terminates in an ulcer, 

 which if not prevented, will ultimately destroy the 

 cartilages and bones of the foot. When the idcer, 

 or quittor deforms the hoof, so as to render one 

 part higher than the other, it is called a False Quar- 

 ter. When a ruiming fluid escapes through the 

 cleft of the frogs and heels, the disease is called a 

 Running Thrush, An old, neglected, and invete- 

 rate sand-crack, which penetrates between the horny 

 and fleshy soles of the foot, is termed a Cayiher. 



Causes. — This disease may arise from a variety of 

 causes, particularly from bad shoeing, treads, over- 

 reaches, wet pastures, or a faulty conformation of 

 the foot. 



Cure. — Cut away, down to the quick, that part of 

 the hoof that is cracked, and dress it with a pledget 

 of tow dipped in tar, which secure by a piece of 

 tape ; and if the crack reaches to the bottom of the 

 foot, a bar-shoe may be useful, in preventing the 

 quarter from springing. A blister round the cornet .\ 

 will also be serviceable. ) 



A quittor can only be cured by cleaning the ulcer \ 

 thoroughly. ]Mr. Lawrence recommends a tent to ; 

 be introduced in the following manner; — Take a ; 

 small piece of thin India paper, spread some butter 

 or lard over it, then sprinkle about ten grains of 1 

 corrosive sublimate, finely powdered, over the sur- '\ 

 face of the paper, and roll it up into as thin a roll as j 

 possible, and introduce it into the quittor as far as it ^ 

 will go. The horse's head should then be tied up ; 

 for a few hours, to prevent him from rubbing it ■ 

 with his mouth, and the tent should be left wdthin ! 

 the ulcer for three or four days, at the expiration of : 

 which time it mav be taken out, and the diseased 

 part will follow it ; after which it becomes a simple ' 

 wound, and requires nothing more than to be kept , 

 clean, and defended from the air by a bandage ; 

 round it.' I 



