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and bound on the wound. Leave this on two days; then it may be 
changed every day until the cure is effected. Avoid poultices and fomenta- 
tions, except in cases of neglect, after pus has formed, when fomentation 
is advisable, with calendula-lotion applied. Long neglect may lead to quittor. 
QUITTOR. 
Quittor is an ulcer in the foot, usually on the inside, with an opening 
on the crown between the hoof and hair. It is caused by neglected or 
badly-treated over-reach or tread; by a prick in shoeing, nail, or other 
sharp substance, which sets up inflammation, with matter pushing itself up 
to the crown; by pus from corns; injuries of the feet in general. It re- 
quires prompt and good treatment to prevent ulceration of the adjoining 
cartilages, 
Symptoms.—Lameness; heat; pain’ in a swelling found in the bulb of 
the heel or some part of the crown just above the hoof, where a little 
matter oozes out; by removing the horn some parts are found changed in 
color, with matter that is black and offensive. 
TREATMENT.—Let out the matter when possible and inject calendula- 
lotion, one part of the tincture to four of water, into the tumor night and 
morning; then wrap the foot in a warm turnip or meal poultice. Rasp 
the wall of the foot under the conical swelling or crown until it springs on 
QUITTOR BEFORE Pus BREAKS TuROUGH 
THE CROWN. QuITTOR AFTER Pus BREAKS OvuT. 
pressure of the finger. After inflammation is reduced, discontinue the poul- 
tice and merely dress the sore on the crown with the calendula-lotion. 
Either remove the shoe or use the bar-pattern, cutting away the lower por- 
tion of the hoof of the affected quarter so it can not rest on the bar. In 
long-standing cases, the discharge having become thin and greenish, the 
best injection is made of five grains of corrosive sublimate and an ounce of 
water, repeated daily until a cure is made. Before pus forms the injury 
may be removed by bathing the affected part in arnica-lotion, one part of 
the tincture to four of water, at first every three hours, then twice daily 
until all traces of the disorder have disappeared. 
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