68 OF THE DISEASES 



occur in good feet, when horses are properly 

 shod. 



Quittor. 69. Quittor is a fistulous sore at the coronet. 



It arises either from a neglected corn or from 

 a prick, bruise, or other injury of the sensitive 

 sole. 



When pus, which has formed in the sensitive 

 sole, is unable to gain an exit through the tough 

 protecting horn, it works its way upwards through 

 the soft parts of the interior of the foot, and makes 

 its escape immediately above the crust at its junc- 

 tion with the coronary band. 



It will readily be seen that the real seat of the 

 evil is not in the outward sore at the coronet, but 

 in the irritation and inflammation in the interior 

 of the foot. 



In treatment our first aim must be to afford an 

 exit to the matter arising from this inflammation. 

 The remedy to be applied will vary according to 

 the degTee to which the disease has run. This 

 will mainly depend on the length of time which has 

 been allowed to elapse before the injury is properly 

 treated. 



In slight cases, or, in other words, in cases which 

 are taken moderately early, it will probably be 

 sufficient to pare out the insensitive sole freely, and 

 thus allow the matter an exit below. The sole may 

 be further softened, and the percolation of matter 



