cutaneous quittor

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. a purulent infection of horses and other hoofed animals, characterized by an acute inflammation of soft tissue above the hoof and resulting in suppuration and sloughing of the skin and usually lameness.

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The means which are to be adopted for the cure of cutaneous quittor vary with the stage of the disease at the time the case is presented for treatment.

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Fortunately, this form of quittor is less common than the preceding, yet any case beginning as simple cutaneous quittor may at any time during its course become complicated by the death of some part of the tendons, by gangrene of the ligaments, sloughing of the coronary band, caries of the bones, or inflammation and suppuration of the synovial sacs and joints, thereby converting a simple quittor into one which will, in all probability, either destroy the patient's life or maim him for all time.

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First of all an effort must be made to prevent suppuration; if the patient is seen at the beginning, cold irrigation, recommended in the treatment for cutaneous quittor, is to be resorted to.

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The hot baths and poultices are now continued for a few days or until the entire slough has come away and the discharge is diminished, when dressings recommended in the treatment for cutaneous quittor are to be used until recovery is completed.

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Causes.—Bruises and other wounds of the coronet are often the cause of cutaneous quittor, yet there can be no question that in the great majority of cases the disease develops without any known cause.

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