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probe, tke pipes are readily detected, leading generally in a 

 downward direction toward and into the foot. 



Treatment, — There is a variety of ways of curing quit- 

 tor, and if we fail in the more mild, w^e must proceed to the 

 more severe, and not be deterred by fancied feelings of ten- 

 derness. 



First, if there are heat, sw^elling, and excessive tenderness, 

 indicating an acute stage of the complaint, we must for the 

 time be satisfied with poulticing the foot and giving it the 

 utmost rest possible. The shoe should be removed, and any 

 puncture or inflamed corn sought out and treated as directed 

 under those headings. 



These measures failing, the next step is to inject the fis- 

 tulse or pipes with caustic and strongly stimulating, injec- 

 tions. For this purpose we may use. 



Once a day is often enough to use either of these, and it is 

 useless to repeat them more than half a dozen times. 

 • Should they fail, the next resource is what the old writers 

 call "coring the pipes,^' that is, burning them out Avith caus- 

 tics or the red hot iron. The former is effected by sprink- 

 ling about five grains of corrosive sublimate on a small 

 square piece of tissue paper, folding it like a plug, and in- 

 serting it into the pipe, where it is retained by means of a 

 bandage. In from five to seven days a circular slough will 

 have separated, leaving a healthy w^ound, wdiich with proper 

 care will heal up from the bottom. The same end may be 

 attained by pushing a pointed iron, at white heat, to the very 

 bottom of the pipes, or by inserting a guarded bistoury, and 



