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from the part by paring away the sole and dressing the foot with 

 some soothing application, such as Friar's balsam, stopping the 

 foot lightly afterwards with some tow. The shoe must be so made 

 as to spring off the affected part ; and on no account must any 

 nails be driven in near the wound. If the case be taken in time, 

 these means will generally be sufficient ; but, if it be neglected, 

 the inflammation will increase, and matter form underneath the 

 sole. If it comes to this, free exit must be provided, or the matter 

 will find for itself the easiest escape through the soft parts above 

 it, thereby giving rise to quittor, false quarter, &c. Having made a 

 free exit, and well pared out the foot, the dressing should be applied 

 according to the kind of matter in the wound, and the foot put into 

 a waiTu bran-poultice, first fomenting it with hot water by placing 

 the horse's foot in a bucket for an hour or more, giving the animal 

 at the same time a dose of purgative medicine and perfect rest. 

 The fomentations and poultices may be continued for a day or two. 



The wounds caused by treading on foreign substances may also be 

 treated in the same way; and great care should be taken with them, 

 as they often give rise to lock-jaw. 



As soon as the foot is found to be cool, and the action is sound, a 

 simple dressing of tar with tow over the wound will suffice, and, as 

 in com, a leather sole will be of use for the first shoeing, for the 

 purpose of protecting the parts until the horn has again become 

 firm and able to bear contact with the ground. 



PEOFUSE STALING. 



Give iodide of potassium 2 dr. in a pint of water, and repeat the 

 dose in two days. 



PCEGATR'E, A. 



Mix in a mash a scruple and a half of pulverised croton seeds. 

 A horse when undergoing the effects of purgative medicine, should 

 be kept in the stable. To administer physic, and then turn out, is 

 very dangerous treatment. 



QUITTOR. 



A quittor is a wound situated on the coronet, communicating 

 with a sinus in the foot. It arises from injuries inflicted on the 

 foot, which injuries are sometimes the result of a prick from a 

 nail in shoeing, or are caused by a stub or tread. Quittor most 

 commonly arises, however, from a corn which, from being neg- 

 lected, has run into the suppurative stage. The usual seat of 

 this disease is the inner side of the coronet of one of the hind 



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