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wince with pain. The remedy for a corn Is to remove 

 the shoe, pare out the corn — allowing any matter to 

 escape — poultice the foot If there is any inflammation, 

 or, in slight cases, fill the hole caused by the paring with 

 oakum or tow saturated with tar. The horse should 

 be shod in such a manner that no pressure will come on 

 the parts adjacent to the corn; but the shoe should not 

 be replaced until the horse Is free from lameness. 

 The lameness produced by a corn is very painful, and 

 a horse subject to corns should be shod often, and his 

 feet should be well-cared for. 



QUITTOR 



Quittor is an abscess inside of the hoof, usually 

 situated near the heels, and near the coronet. If left 

 to itself It will in time break out at the coronet, just 

 above the hoof — a most sensitive spot. Quittor is, 

 without doubt, the most painful of all the painful 

 troubles from which the horse suffers. It is like a 

 felon on a man's hand, but worse — for the hand can 

 swell, whereas the equine foot in its horny box cannot 

 swell. A quittor is like a felon on a hand incased in 

 an iron glove. Quittors are caused by bruises, by 

 the prick of a nail, and by neglected corns. Often the 

 trouble is not suspected until, with intense pain to the 

 horse, the pus slowly works its way above the hoof, 

 where it can discharge. 



If your horse Is lame, and you cannot tell why, do not 

 fail to test him for quittor by gently tapping the bottom 

 and the outside shell of the hoof with a small hammer. 



A veterinary surgeon should be called to treat a 



