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ounce; carbolic acid, twenty drops dissolved in an equal amount of glyc- 

 erine and added to one ounce of water, and the nitrate of silver, ten 

 grains to one ounce of water. 



If the wound is slow to heal it will be found of advantage to change 

 the remedies used every few days, for after a time a remedy 

 seems to lose its stimulating effect upon the slow-growing granu- 

 lations. 



If the wound is pale in color, the granulations transparent and glis- 

 tening, the tincture of aloes, tincture of gentian, or the spirits of cam- 

 phor may do best. 



When the sore is red in color and healing rapidly an ointment made 

 of one part of carbolic acid to forty parts of cosmoline or vaseline is all 

 that is needed. 



If the granulations continue to grow until a tumor is formed, which 

 projects beyond the surrounding skin, it should be cut off with a sharp, 

 clean knife, the foot poulticed for twenty-four hours, after which the 

 wound is to be well cauterized daily with lunar caustic and the bandages 

 applied with great firmness. 



The question as to how often the dressings should be renewed 

 must be determined by the condition of the wound, etc. If the 

 sore is suppurating freely it will be necessary to remove the dress- 

 ing every twenty-four or forty-eight hours. If the discharge is small 

 in quantity and the patient comfortable the dressing may be left on 

 for several days; in fact, the less often the wound is disturbed the 

 better, in so long as the healing process is healthy. When the sore 

 commences to skin o\'er the edges should be lightly touched with 

 the lunar caustic at each dressing. The patient may be given a little 

 exercise daily, but the bandages must be kept on until the wound is en- 

 tirely healed. 



Various Forms of Quittor. When not only the skin and sub- 

 cutaneous tissues are involved but also the tendons of the leg, and the 

 ligaments of the joints it is called tendinous quiTTor. 



When the skin and subcutaneous tissues on some part of the coronet 

 followed by a slough and the formation of an ulcer it is called a cuta- 

 neous QUITTOR. 



The most common form is called the subhorny quiTTOr. It is gen- 

 erally seen in but one foot at a time, and more often in the fore-feet 

 than in the hind ones. It nearly always attacks the inside quarter, but 

 may affect the outside quarter, the toe, or the heel, where it is but of 



