American Veterinary Review, 
AUGUST, 1883. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
THE HORSE’S FOOT. 
By A. Zundel. 
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cartilaginous quittor — Continued. 
VII.— Symjotoms .—When the disease is recent and the quittor 
acute, and antiphlogistic treatment may be attempted and reso¬ 
lution looked for, baths and emollients are generally beneficial. 
A good blister has sometimes proved advantageous, and when it 
is used limited suppuration, with the formation of a simple slough, 
may take place. 
If necrosis is well established, it is an indication of the neces¬ 
sity of a recourse to more energetic treatment, in which case 
several measures are recommended, including the actual and 
potential cautery and the removal of the cartilage. 
In actual cauterization the necrosed spot is destroyed by a 
cautery brought to a white heat, applied directly upon it, after it 
has been exposed by a free incision. It is a simple treatment, 
and one that has been successful in cases of posterior necrosis 
where much fibrous tissue was diseased, and principally in young 
and well-conditioned animals (Lafosse, Sr., Girard, Yatel, Mangin, 
Renault). Still, this treatment not only often fails, but may even 
