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ment, so as to render it incapable of afterwards secreting 

 healthj horn. 



QUITTOH. 



A wound of tlie coronet, whether it proceeds from a tread, 

 or otherwise, should be carefully and immediately attended 

 to ; because if sand or gravel get into the wound, it is 

 likely to produce those deep-seated ulcerations that are 

 termed pipes or sinuses, which constitute the disease called 

 quittor. 



But it may also proceed from any wound of the foot, and 

 in any portion of it. In all ulcers matter is secreted, and 

 the part aflPected cannot possibly heal until the matter is 

 discharged. In wounds of the foot, there is much difficulty 

 in the matter proceeding from ulceration finding its way 

 from under the hoof, which covers the foot with its various 

 complicated parts. The consequence is, it accumulates 

 under the hoof until it has increased to such an extent that 

 it must find escape in some way ; and frequently forces itself 

 out in all directions, separating the little fleshy plates from 

 their connexion with the horny ones of the- crust ; or dis- 

 uniting the fleshy sole from the horny one ; and in extreme 

 cases eats its way deeply into the internal parts of the foot, 

 forming pipes or sinuses, which run in all directions. 



If quittor arises from a wound in the lower portion oi 

 the foot, the matter which is collecte(f in it after the ulcer 

 has ripened being confined there, issues from it, and 

 mduces a separation between the horny and fleshy sole ; 

 and having accumulated in considerable quantity, at length 

 discharges itself at the coronet, generally close to the 

 quarter. This, however, does not manifest itself to any 

 extent, as both the aperture and quantity of matter which 

 oozes out are apparently so insignificant, that they would 



