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Quinsy. — A name given to sore throat. (See Dis- 

 temper and Influenza.) 



ftuittor. This term is used in England for a disease 



in the foot of a fistulous character. (See Toot Dis- 

 eases.) 



"QuiTTOR Syringe, with Rings. To be used with one Hand." 



Rabies.— (See Hydrophobia.) 



RacMtis.— A disease of the bones of young animals, 

 and is due to a deficiency of earthy matter, (lime,) which 

 causes the bones to yield, being too soft. In colts of the 

 first year, some cases will be observed to stand so close 

 at the knees, that one joint touches the other, which give 

 the fore legs a curious looking twist, with the feet turned 

 out, and the knees bent in. Colts so afi'ected soon get 

 well when they are supplied with good, nutritious food, in 

 which the phosphate of lime predominates. Rachitis, 

 (pronounced racketis,) in old horses, is seldom seen; and 

 when it is, it is in the bones of the back or lumber ver- 

 tebrae, and is characterized by swellings of an irregular 

 kind, with water oozing from them, and is called hydro- 

 rachitis or spina-bifida. Horses so afi'ected, are not fit for 

 work with weight upon the back. (See Deformities.) 



Resolution— Is the most favorable termination of in- 

 flammation, and leaves the inflamed part in the same state 

 )ndition in which it was before it was attacked. 



or coi 



Respiration.— The alternate inspiration and expira- 

 tion of air, performed for the purpose of exchanging the 



