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3rd. That our practice ought to be restricted to caustics and 
the iron whenever the caries is confined to the superior border 
or posterior extremity of the cartilage, and whenever the sinus 
does not run deep. Jour, de Med. Veter, et Comp. 
There is a Paperon the same Subject in the Journal Pratique de 
Med. Veterinaire for September, by Charles Prevost, 
Veterinary Surgeon at Geneva; wherein he informs us — 
THAT quittor is by no means frequent in his part of the coun¬ 
try ; at least that down to the present time he has attended 
only ten cases of the disease. That of these cases—Five were 
cured by extirpation of the diseased parts; three by the me¬ 
thod practised by the ancients, and recently revived by the Di¬ 
rector of the Alfort School: viz. ^ the application of caustic to 
the carious part; one by cauterization ; (alone ;) the tenth re¬ 
sisted both caustics and cauterization, and was not permitted to 
be subjected to the operation of extirpation. 
After briefly detailing these ten cases, M. Prevost concludes 
by saying he is of opinion— 
1st. That Girard’s method is the least painful, the most ex¬ 
peditious, and that v^^hich leaves behind the least consequent 
disorganization. At the same time he agrees with Girard in 
considering the practice inapplicable in those cases in which 
the quarters or heels are in a state of suppuration, the sole 
under-run, the base of the cartilage and the coffin bone carious, 
2dly. That the removal of the quarter and entire extirpation 
of the lateral cartilage, though a nice and difficult operation, is 
not to intimidate us: supposing it to be skilfully g^erformed, 
the first two dressings* being all that require further care. 
Well-applied and uniform compression is very essential; and 
it may be most conveniently effected with tape broader 
than is commonly used. The first dressing ought not to be 
removed until the fifth day in summer, the seventh in winter ; 
the second, on the fourth or sixth day, depending on the sea¬ 
son. I take particular care to make the border of the crust 
next to the wound as thin as possible, and to weaken it so above 
that it leaves but a thin edge. I do not know that I have any 
right to ascribe my success to these little precautions; but my 
cures have invariably been complete and unattended with de¬ 
formity of the hoof: at all events these little attentions cost us 
nothing, and, if effectual at all, must contribute to restora¬ 
tion. 
* Pledgets of tow soaked in some spirituous stimulant,—tincture of aloes, 
wine, brandy and water, &c. 
