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and the same in appearance as in the submaxillary abscess. 
The incisions readily cicatrise. 
From 20th to the 25th. The jaws continued to lose their 
mobility, which has ended in complete trismus. The tongue 
however retains all its activity. The left cheek has become 
swollen and painful, the eyes brilliant and starting, the nasal 
flux diminished, the pulse but little accelerated; the animal 
loses flesh, though his hide remains supple and loose ; his appe¬ 
tite is sufficiently marked by the desires and inquietude he ex¬ 
presses at the sight of Tood. 
An epispastic pommade, composed of laurel ointment and 
cantharides, to be applied to the temples and cheeks ; emollient 
fumigations directed towards the head thrice a day. The horse 
was nourished with gruel out of a bottle, thickened with flour 
and barley meal. He was kept warm, and was walked out 
a little whenever the weather permitted. 
After some days, with such treatment, a rasp could be passed 
into the mouth between the teeth, if tried after the fumigation. 
By degrees the jaw began to recover its mobility; towards the 
15th July, the horse could eat hay cut into chaff, and also 
bruised oats. And as the jaw recovered its freedom, the limbs 
grew fine, the flanks relaxed, and his embonpoint became re¬ 
stored. Jour, de Med, Veter, et Comp, 
QUITTOR. 
Rejieciions on the Curative Means proposed in Cases of Caries of 
the Lateral Cartilage, Bp M. Renault, Veterinary Surgeon, 
QUITTOR has been regarded by all veterinary writers on the 
subject as one of the most serious evils to which the foot of the 
horse is liable; but they are by no means agreed how it ought 
to be treated. I am not going here to enumerate the -different 
methods proposed, for such a fastidious proceeding would prove 
in no way useful; I shall confine myself to the two methods 
of cure which divide the opinions of the. greater number of 
Veterinarians, to the end that I may investigate their re¬ 
spective advantages. 
The most ancient is that detailed by Solleysel, in his Parfait 
MarecJfal, and which consists in the use either of the actual or 
potential cautery; occasionally, of both together. The other 
was first practised by Lafosse, senior, and, as described by his 
son, consists in the extirpation of the diseased cartilage. 
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