216 QUITTOR. 



ment (No. 113, p. 151) all round the instep, just 

 above the hoof, for half an hour, or more. In a 

 few days after he may be turned out to grass for 

 two or three months. 



CHAP. L. 



QUITTOR. 



A QUITTOR is an ulcer formed on the coronet, 

 that is to say, between the hair and hoof; gene- 

 rally upon the heel, on the inside quarter of the 

 horse's foot. It arises from treads, bruises, and 

 stubs ; or from gravel (when the foot has been 

 pricked in shoeing) working upwards, and lodging 

 near the coronet. This disease, if attended to 

 before it has begun to form sinuses, or become 

 piped, may easily be cured by applying the fol- 

 lowing oils. 



(RECIPE, No. 160.) 



Take — Egyptiacum, and spirit of turpentine, of each 



four ounces ; 

 Put them into a large pot that will hold three or 



four times the quantity of the whole : 

 Add oil of vitriol, half an ounce ; 

 Nitrous acid, one ounce : 

 Mix these with the two first articles by a little 



at a time, and immediately add, 

 Eight ounces of spirit of wine : 

 Mix the whole carefully together, and put them 



in a bottle for use. 



