to be stimulated by the use of
warm baths and poultices. The pus which accumulates in the deeper parts,
especially along the tendons, around the joints, and in the hoof, is to
be removed by pressure and injections made with a small syringe,
repeated two or three times a day. As soon as the discharge assumes a
healthy character and diminishes in quantity, stimulating solutions are
to be injected into the open wounds. When the tendons, ligaments, and
other deeper parts are affected, a strong solution of carbolic acid--1
to 4--should be used at first; or strong solutions of tincture of iodin,
sulphate of iron, sulphate of copper, bichlorid of mercury, etc., may be
used in place of the carbolic; after this the remedies and dressings
directed for use in simple quittor are to be used. In those cases in
which the fistulous tracts refuse to heal it is often necessary to burn
them out with a saturated solution of caustic soda, equal parts of
muriatic acid and water, or, better still, with a long, thin iron,
heated white hot.

But no matter what treatment is adopted, a large percentage of the cases
of tendinous quittor fail to make good recoveries. If the entire hoof
sloughs away, the growth of a new, but soft and imperfect hoof may be
obtained by carefully protecting the exposed tissues with proper
bandages. When the joints are opened by deep sloughing, recovery may
eventually take place, but the joint remains immovable ever after. If
caries of a small part of the coffin bone takes place, it may be
removed by an operation; but if much of the bone is affected, or if the
navicular and coronet bones are involved in the carious process, the
only hope for a cure is in the amputation of the foot. This operation is
advisable only when the animal is valuable for breeding purposes. In all
other cases in which there is no hope for recovery the patient's
suffering should be relieved by death. In tendinous quittor much
thickening of the coronary region, and sometimes of the ankle and
fetlock, remains after suppuration has ceased and the fistulous tracts
have healed. To stimulate the reabsorption of this new and unnecessary
tissue, the parts should be fired with the hot iron, or, in its absence,
repeated blistering with the biniodid of mercury ointment may largely
accomplish the same results.

SUBHORNY QUITTOR.

This is the most common form of the disease. It is generally seen in but
one foot at a time, and more often in the fore than