The management and treatment of the horse in the stable, field, and ...

118 The Management and Treatment of the Horse,
first. A wound of the coronet, whether it proceeds
from a tread or otherwise, should be carefully and im-
mediately attended to, because if sand or gravel get into
the wound it is likely to produce those deep-seated
ulcerations that are termed pipes or sinuses, which
constitute the disease called quittor. It may also
proceed from any wound of the foot, and in any part of
it. In all ulcers matter is secreted, and the part affected
cannot possibly heal until the matter is discharged. In
wounds of the foot there is much difficulty in the matter
proceeding from ulceration finding its way from under
the hoof, which covers the foot with its various com-
plicated parts. The consequence is, it accumulates under
the hoof until it has increased to such an extent that it
must find an escape in some way, and frequently forces
itself out in all directions, separating the little fleshy
plates from their connexion with the horny ones of the
crust, or disuniting the fleshy sole from the horny one,
and in extreme cases eats its way deeply into the internal
parts of the foot, forming pipes and sinuses, which run in
all directions. If quittor arises from a wound in the
lower portion of the foot, the matter which is collected
in it after the ulcer has ripened, being confined there
issues from it, and induces a separation between the
horny and fleshy sole, and having accumulated in con-
siderable quantities, at length discharges itself at the
coronet, generally close to the quarter. This, however,
does not manifest itself to any extent, as both the
aperture and quantity of matter that oozes out are
apparently so insignificant that they would lead an in-
experienced person to suppose the discharge of little