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the shoe, and mould it up the side of the injured part 

 This will keep on for several days, when it may be renewed. 

 The part being thus relieved from pressure, the horse — at 

 moderate labour, on fair ground — has long preserved his 

 usefulness. 



QUITTOR 



is the serious consequence of a severe wound of the coronet. 

 The injury, whether from an accidental tread, a side slip in 

 frosty weather, or a blow upon the inside quarter, should be 

 carefully and immediately attended to, because, if sand or 

 gravel get into the wound, it is likely to produce those deep- 

 seated ulcerations and sinuses which constitute the disease 

 called " quittor." 



Quittor may also proceed from any wound of the foot ; 

 and there is much difficulty in the matter proceeding from 

 ulceration finding its way from under the hoof, which 

 covers the foot with its various complicated parts. The 

 consequence is, it accumulates under the hoof until it has 

 increased to such an extent that it forces itself out in all 

 directions, separating the little fleshy plates from their 

 connection with the horny ones of the crust, or disuniting 

 the fleshy sole from the horny one, and in extreme cases 

 eats its way deeply into the internal parts of the foot, 

 forming pipes or sinuses which run in all directions. 



Treatment. — White's practice is as follows : The extent 

 and direction of the sinuses must be ascertained with a 

 probe. Then spread some powdered corrosive sublimate on 

 pieces of paper smeared with lard ; cut them into narrow 

 slips, and twist them up to a point ; insert them into the 

 sinuses, and push them to the bottom with the probe. It 

 often becomes necessary to remove the greater portion of 

 the horny sole, and thereafter restore the healthy state of 

 the tender surface beneath. When this has been effected, 

 the horn will quickly be reproduced. But in cases where 

 much of the sole has been removed, it will take at least six 

 months to restore fully the deficient part, so that the horse 

 may again be subjected to labour. 



If it is found, when the probe is inserted into the 

 fistulous openings on the coronet, that tlie direction of the 

 sinuses is backward, it is probable a cure may be efifected ; 

 but if the direction of the fistulse be forward, and more 



