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To the Editor of The Veterinarian. 
Sir, 
Should you think the annexed communication worthy a place in 
your valuable Journal, I shall feel obliged by its insertion. 
C. Newport, V. S. 
Aug. 21, 1828. Grafs Inn Lane. 
AFTER the clear and able manner in which my friend, Mr. Bracy 
Clark, has done me the honour to mention my practice in the 
cure of quittor, and its subsequent approval and adoption by 
Mr. Sewell, of the Royal Veterinaiy College, I had hoped that 
the improper use of violent caustics would have been superseded. 
I am sorry, however, to state, that many cases have lately come 
under my inspection, in which the owners have been deprived of 
the use of the animals for a very unnecessary length of time, and 
the sufferings of the poor patient have been most cruelly aggravated. 
, Having had many conversations with different farriers on the 
subject, they have, one and all, stated, that unless they can 
bring out a core, the parts cannot heal. I need not say that the 
core is formed by their misapplication of caustics, such as the 
chloride of mercury, &c. to such an extent as to destroy the sur¬ 
face of the cartilages, and leave a permanent blemish, while 
osseous matter is thrown out, and sad lameness produced. 
The mode of treatment the most simple, and which I find to 
be most effectual, is as follows :— 
After the shoe has been removed, thin the sole until it will 
yield to 'the pressure of the thumb ; then cut the under part of 
the wall in an oblique direction from the heel to the anterior .part, 
immediately under the seat of complaint, and only as far as it ex¬ 
tends, and rasp the side of the wall thin enough to give way to 
the pressure of the over-distended parts; and put on.a bar-shoe, 
rather elevated from the frog. Ascertain with a probe the direc¬ 
tion of the sinuss, and introduce into them a saturated solution of 
sulphate of zinc, with a common syringe that will hold from 3ifs 
to 3ij of the liquid. Place over this a dressing of the common 
cataplasm, or ung. terebinth., and renew the application every 
twenty-four hours. 
I have frequently found that three or four such applications will 
complete a cure. I should recommend, that when the probe is 
introduced to ascertain the progress of the cure, it be gently and 
carefully used, as it may break down the new forming lymph. 
I have found the solution very valuable where the synovial fluid 
has escaped; but not to be used if the inflammation of the parts 
be great. 
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