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treatment to pursue, however, will be to subdue tbe inflammation 

 bj cold applications repeatedly applied to tbe heel of the foot, 

 and every attention should be given to arrest the flow of synovia. 

 In every case of prick or puncture of the foot, the object is 

 to prevent the escape of matter at the coronet, and this is best 

 afiected by paring and poulticing the foot, and by allowing the 

 patient to rest; after which the sole should be protected for 

 some time by a leather sole and a bar shoe. 



QUITTOE. 



"A Quitter," says Mr. Percival, "is a sore on the coronet, 

 connected with a sinus in the foot. The usual seat of the 

 disease is the inner side of the coronet. It appears as a conical 

 tumour, sometimes so painful as to occasion considerable lame- 

 ness. Its formation is commonly slow, and not unfrequently 

 imperfect." The disease is alike common to both the fore and 

 hind feet. It is a very painful malady ; and it may be stated 

 that draught horses are more liable to the disease than saddle 

 or harness horses. 



Causes. — Quitter may arise from punctures of the foot ; 

 also from an inflamed and suppurating Corn ; and from any 

 wound inflicted upon the sole of the organ, or upon its coronary 

 substance. 



Teeatmekt. — Poultices to the foot; opening out all sinuses; 

 freely evacuating pent-up matter ; caustic dressings ; the use of 

 a high- heeled shoe ; and long rest to the patient, — are the 

 proper means of cure. 



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