American Veterinary Review, 
APRIL, 1883. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
THE HORSE’S FOOT. 
By A. Zundel. 
(Continued from page 517, Vol. 6 .) 
QUITTOR. 
Synonyms. — Fesselgeschw'ur , German ; giarda , Italian ; gia- 
larrs , Spanish; javart , French. 
A name of unknown etymology, by which old hippiatrics des¬ 
ignate various affections of the inferior regions of the legs of the 
horse, donkey and mule, and even of bovines. These possess the 
common character of a degeneration of a portion of the tissues, 
that is expelled by the efforts of nature under the form of a 
slough ( bourbillon ). There is a softening of the mortified struc¬ 
tures, and an elimination by suppuration. In several old works 
these sloughs are called quittors, {javart) and this name'has been 
extended to the disease itself. 
This name having been preserved by use, notwithstanding the 
efforts of Yatel in opposition, we shall also employ it, and 
with Girard, recognize : 1st. The simple or cutaneous quittor, 
which is only the furuncle which occurs in the thickness of the 
dermoid structure nearest to the coronary band. 2d. The tendin¬ 
ous quittor , which greatly resembles the felon of man, where a 
portion of the sub-cutaneous cellular tissue, and of a tendon 
