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should be opened at once from below so as to allow free exit to all 

 purulent discharges. Should the injury have occurred directly to the 

 coronet the application of cold fomentations may prove efficient in 

 preventing the formation of an abscess. 



When a quittor becomes fully established it should be treated pre- 

 cisely as a fistula situated in any other part of the body; that is, the 

 sinuses should all be opened from their lowest extremities so as to 

 afford constant drainage. All fragments of diseased tissue should be 

 trimmed away, antiseptic solutions injected, and, after covering the 

 wound with a pad of oakum saturated with some good antiseptic wash, 

 the whole foot ma}" be carefully covered with clean bandages, which 

 will afford valuable assistance to the healing process by excluding all 

 dirt from the affected part. 

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