^^0 QUITTOE. 



The wound must be dressed once a day with 

 this mixture until it is well. 



First, wash the part, and, when sufficiently dry, 

 rub on the above-mentioned oils (No. 160, p. 216) ; 

 then supply a small tent of tow, or lint, dipped in 

 the above mixture, and secure it on with a roller, 

 or bandage. But if the matter be lodged, or con- 

 fined, under the hoof, the hoof must be entirely 

 taken away in that part, and a bar-shoe put on 

 to ease the quarter. The matter, if retained too 

 long, will rot the coffin-bone, it being of a soft 

 and spongy nature. 



Horses are the most subject to quitters in the 

 winter season, or early in the spring ; they are 

 generally accompanied by the grease, and other 

 diseases of the body, which frequently protract the 

 cure for a considerable time, or until they have 

 undergone a regular course of physic ; but where 

 it cannot be dispensed with, bleeding, and the 

 use of any of the diuretic balls (No. 151, p. 199), 

 (No. 152, p. 199), or (No. 153, p. 200), will be 

 found beneficial, if persevered in for some time. 

 By strict attention to these rules, the practitioner 

 will be enabled to perform cures in the worst of 

 cases. 



