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pages for information, he had better read over the 

 whole of the next twenty pages ; the great simila- 

 rity of those diseases in many respects, dictates the 

 propriety of this additional trouble, as most of the 

 series (nine in number) will be found referrable to 

 the same causes, and require much the same treat- 

 ment, though differently situated. Throughout the 

 whole of this chapter, the reader will find great 

 help to understanding the details, by carefully con- 

 sulting the delineations of the leg and foot on 

 plate 2, and the cut at page 443, with the descrip- 

 tion of each. 



1 . Quittor. 



Under the class of fistulous affections, we spoke 

 of this disease at page 339. To what is there said 

 we may here add, that as quittor is caused by sand 

 crack, by a tread, or the prick of a nail, so will its 

 situation be determined by the precise cause, on the 

 inside of the coronet, or the outside, near the heel, 

 or otherwise, as the cause may have been inflicted ; 

 and also, that the cure being effected by harsh 

 means, or burning remedies, these leave the foot 

 disposed to contract other disorders at this region, 

 as ringbone, &c. Hence it follows, that the more 

 moderate the means employed to get rid of this 

 disorder, the less probability is there of the pa- 

 tient's contracting some other. Therefore is it ad- 

 visable to try the milder remedies first, unless the 

 quittor is of long standing, and of a very bad sort. 



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