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rete, producing a bad swelling, greasy yellowish-gray fluid and 
is an nnsoundness. 
Qnittors are flstnlons tracts, usually opening at the coronet. 
We also have cartilaginous quittors affecting the lateral cartil¬ 
ages sometimes the subcoronary tissue only is involved, but 
there may be several fistulous tracts all involving sensitive 
laminae. This is in my opinion an unsoundness. 
DISCUSSION. 
Dr. Quitman: In speaking about corns, the essayist re¬ 
marked that a suppurating corn was decidedly unsound, but 
avoided corns in general. Does he consider a horse that seems 
to have corns but does not go lame as unsound ? 
Dr. Griiner: I mentioned dry corns. I did not state 
whether they are sound or not. If removable the horse may be 
called sound. I would not consider nor pass any one as sound 
on account of it being hard to keep shoes on horses with corns. 
Dr. Baker: I would like to know as to whether in the ab¬ 
sence of any soreness a veterinarian is justified with the view of 
simply looking for them to pare away the hoof in the seat of 
corn, assuming that there were no indications creating suspicion 
that there were any. I know some practitioners do make it a 
practice to pare away the hoof with this object in every case. 
If he finds a discoloration he condemns the horse. 
Dr. Quitma^i : I would say, as far as I am concerned, in 
examining a horse for soundness, I invariably examine the horse 
for corns with a knife, paring the inner quarter and in city 
horses also the outer bar and sole. In my opinion, however, if 
a man is going to condemn a horse for corns he will have to 
condemn about three-fourths of the horses. Even country horses 
in the city will develop corns caused by the hardness of the 
pavement or from the difference in the stabling. It depends 
upon the severity of the corn whether they should be condemned. 
I invariably, however, examine every foot for self-protection if 
for nothing else. 
Dr. Griiner: I would like to ask Dr. Quitman whether he 
takes the shoes off in making his examination—that is, if he has 
to examine a horse with shoes on ? 
Dr. Quitman : It depends upon the web and style of the 
shoe, also on general conditions. I often have the front shoes 
removed. If it does nothing else it impresses the client that I 
make a very careful examination. I make it a rule to point out 
every little blemish to the owner for my own safety. If the 
corn is of a deep purple color and extends deeply between the 
