392 QUITTOR. 



the part twice or thrice with the follow-? 



iiig : 



Take honey of roses and tincture of myrrb, each one 

 ounce. Mix. 



QUITTOR. 



A QUITTOR may originate in a blow, 

 bruise, laceration, or what is called a stub be- 

 tween hair and hoof. An injury sustained, 

 likely to constitute this blemish or defect, 

 cannot be too soon submitted to the inspec- 

 tion of a FARRIER of extensive practice, 

 whose conduct will be consequently regu- 

 lated by a proper respect to his own repu- 

 tation. I mean such application should be 

 early made where the CASE is alarming: or, 

 in more superficial concerns, \vhe\\ by cir- 

 cumstanQes or neglect it becomes the imme- 

 diate business of the operative FARRIER. 



As injuries of the kind open a large field 

 for instructions, many of which must conse- 

 quently depend upon the appearances of the 

 parts when injured, I can impart such direc- 

 tions only as correspond with the defect in 

 its state of infancy : — so soon as the accident 



