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the directions I h-ave given under that head : 

 but when they do occur, it is necessary to re- 

 move the red pari, or corn, with a drawing 

 knife, and to apply the shoe so that the tender 

 part may n<rt receive any pressure. When it 

 has been neglected, we sometime-; find matter 

 formed in this part, which often breaks out at 

 the coronet : in this case it is necessary to make 

 an opening for the matter in the angle between 

 the bar and crust. (See Fig. 2, Plate 1, Let- 

 ter e.) 



The sore is to be dressed with compound 

 tincture of lionzoin, and the cavity to be 

 loosely filled with digestive ointment, which 

 is to be kept in by means of a bar shoe. 



Quittor. 



This disease generally arises from a wound 

 or bruise in the coronet, and, if neglected, 

 penetrates under the hoof, forming sinuses in 

 various directions. The most efiectual me- 

 thod of treating this complaint is to ascer- 

 tain, in the first p.ace, the direction and ex- 

 tent of the siiuises, and then to force into 

 tliem with a strong probe some crystallized 



