QUITTOR. 



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down, from the outside of the wall of the hoof, on the inflamed 

 parts, so as to expose them to view, in order that we may, by 

 means of antiseptic dressings, induce them to heal quickly. 

 Having cast the animal and put him under chloroform, we should 

 cut a vertical opening, through the hoof, just below the quittor, 

 from the coronet to the ground surface of the foot, with a special 

 saw or drawing knife (p. 180); and open up the sinus through the 



Fig. 76. — Moment at which clicking takes place. 



division in the hoof, by means of a scalpel or probe-pointed bis- 

 toury, while cutting outwards. We should then syringe out the 

 abscess with an antiseptic solution (67), and treat it antiseptically. 

 If the lateral cartilage is diseased, it is as a rule best to remove 

 it entirely. This is a serious operation which I need not describe 

 here. When a cartilage is diseased or dead, it will be of a pale 

 pea green or sulphur yellow colour, instead of the white of health. 

 The subsequent, treatment will be that of an abscess (p. 79). 



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