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base and contains a modified condition of liorn. The coron- 

 ary band shows a loss of substance corresponding to that of 

 the wall. The space where the wall is imperfect is tender to 

 pressure, and requires careful shoeing and protection. 



Treatment. — If there is a wound, its edges should be 

 freshened with the knife or caustic, and a firm bandage ap- 

 plied, to bring them together. Stimulating washes of carbolic 

 acid and water will keep the surface clean and hasten heal- 

 ing. In old cases little can be done besides filling up the 

 fissure with gutta percha, and having the horse wear a bar 

 shoe. 



QUITTOR— FISTULA OF THE CORONET— FIBRO-CHONDRITIS OF 



THE FOOT. 



Definition. — Inflammation and suppuration of the fibrous 

 cartilage of the foot, extending by fistulous canals in various 

 directions, with one or more openings upon the quarters and 

 heels of the coronet. The name '^quittor'' is derived from 

 the verb to quity in the sense of to discharge, the external 

 opening of the fistulse being their vent or place of discharge. 



Causes, — Pricks in shoeing, treads, suppurating corns, or 

 any other injury which leads to inflammation of the cartilage 

 in the hoof and the accumulation of pus inside the w^alls. , 



Symptoms. — A quittor differs from a w^ound or a recent 

 abscess of the coronet, by the condition of the parts, which 

 have taken on a peculiar unhealthy action; by the character 

 of the surrounding tissue, which is hard to the touch ; and 

 by the presence of the fistulse, or "pipes^' as they are called 

 by farriers. 



The principal symptoms are lameness, which is often ex- 

 cessive ; swelling upon the coronet, about the center of which 

 one or more small orifices are seen, discharging a thin and 

 watery or a thick and curdled matter. On examining with a 



