230 VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 



Allow the horse perfect rest, and examine the foot from time to time, to 

 see that the new horn is growing over the spot. It is well, when the 

 shoe is first put on and the horse used, to protect to foot with a leathern 



sole 



For those who desire to use a corn salve, the following preparation, 

 recommended by Chawner, is as good as any: 



Tar, 



Beeswax, 



Honey, 



Glycerin aa § iij. 



Lard lb. H. 



Nitric acid 3 ij. 



"Melt the lard and beeswax together, stir in the tar and other ingredients 

 and stir until cold." 



It IS essential to bear in mind that though, as a temporary measure, 

 the formation of corns by undue pressure may be prevented by paring 

 out, and by the use of special shoes, yet the only real means of preventing 

 a recurrence of the disease consists in the maintenance of a good, sound 

 unrasped crust, and unpared bars, on which a well-fitting shoe of the pro- 

 per length can rest firmly and securely, without making undue pressure 

 upon the seat of the corn. Corns, when treated only by paring out, 

 even though they may by such means be got rid of for a time, generally 

 reappear. 



QUITTOR. 



Synonym. — Fistula of the coronet. 



Definition.— Quitter is described by Percivall as a hard, conical tumor, 

 liot and tender on pressure; indeed, sometimes so painful as to occasion 

 considerable lameness. It is an inflammation of the cartilages of the 

 foot, accompanied by a profuse discharge of pus, which burrows in vari- 

 ous directions, making fistulous channels, with usually several openings 

 upon the quarters and heels of the coronet. 



Etiology. — The most common cause is a severe tread or bruise from 

 some other cause on the coronet. It may also arise from a neglected corn, 

 or from a bruise or prick of the sole. 



