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the moft radical operation in this cafe, will 

 endanger the fpeedy and total lofs of the hoof, 

 for which reafon no cure can poilibly be made 

 witliout the ill confcquence of a False Quar- 

 ter, or feam down the hoof, from neceffary 

 lofs of fubftance. A horfe with this latter 

 defecl, may be very found in flow draft, but 

 I never knew one in my life, that could be de^ 

 pended upon lo ride. They are apt to drop 

 down fuddenly as if fhot. A fuperficial quit- 

 tor, originating above, in which the cartilage 

 is untouched, or a mere wound. or ulcer in the 

 coronet, is curable by the method already de-* 

 fcribed. 



St. Bel compares the horny quittor to the 

 third fpecies of whitlovv^ on the human nail. 

 Bating a little flourifh, a la coutume\ that 

 author is much fuperior to any in our lan- 

 guage, on the cure of this difeafe ; I (hall 

 therefore follow him. Probe the ulcer, care- 

 fully following the dire61ion of the fiftulas, 

 to difcover whether the cartilage be affeded ; 

 but if it fliould be impolTible to judge exatlly 

 of the irregular bottoms of the wound, it will 

 be neceffary to proceed to the following ope- 

 rations. Reduce the horfe's folid food, and 

 give maflies of bra'n and ground corn, with 

 plenty of white water. Pare the hoof, rafp 

 the quarter thin near the feat of the operation, 

 and wrap the foot up in an emollient poultice 



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