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465&#93; QJJ I k AB [46. tendenc}*^ to aggravate the disease. At all events, medical advice ought not to be neglefted. Quitch-grass. See Dog's- grass. aUITTOR-BONE, in farriery, a malignant tumor which is attend- ed with great pain, inflammation, and a considerable swelling around its basis. It is generally occasion- ed by long- neglected Punctures (which see), or such as have re- sisted the usual remedies employed in that affettion of horse's feet. The method of cure commonly practised in the quittor-bone, con- sisLs in perforating the tumor with numerous holes, by means of a hot iron, pointed in a pyramidal form ; after which, small pieces of arse- nic, or corrosive sublimate, are in- troduced into the cavities, where they consume, and at length se- parate, a mass of mortified flesh, termed by farriers, the core. Tliis pradice, however, is extremely dangerous, and does not ahvays ef- fect a cure, so that it becomes ne- cessary to repeat it a second, and even a third time, to the conse- quent injury of the animal. The most eligible method, therefore, will be A speedy operation ; for ^•hich purpose, a ligature must lirst be tied round tlie ictlock, in order to prevent too great a loss of blood ; and then the tumor niay be extir- pated with a sharp crooked knife. The wound is now to be dressed M'ith warai digestive, or emollient Poultices (see Hokse- medi- cines, vol. ii. p. 491)5 and, when a proper suppuration is elfefted, the scabby parts may be sprinkled, with the following escharotie, namely : — ^Take three ounces of lime, that is reduced to powder on exposure to the air, and one ounce of Armenian bole ; let them be pulverized in a mortar, and passed through a sieve. Next, it will be advisable to cover the orifice with a pledget of dry lint; and, wheil the surface is nearly equal to the skin, the powder alone -will be suf- ficient. Lastly, if the quittor-bone be attended with very acute pain, it will bs advisable to resort to the remedies usually employed in in- flammatory cases ; in order to pre- vent the humours from flowing to the wounded limb. The animal ought, therefore, to be bled; and a draught, consisting of two ounces of nitre, and a similar quantity of common treacle, dissolved in one quart of water, should be given to him every morning and evening. If the horse, however, be afl^eded. with griping pains, or other inter- nal uneasiness, ti:e quantity of wa- ter may be increased ; or the same portion of nitre may be allowed him in a mash of bran, twice every day, till the inflammatory symp- toms disappear. 1") JlV. RABBIT, thf> Common, or Le- pui cunicutus, L. a well-known animal resembling a hare ; though it is smaller, has shorter hind-legs, and its ears are thinly covered witii NO. XII. — yoL. in. hnir : It was originally Introduced into Britain from Spain. Rabbits abound in tl-.is country : in a wild state, their fur is ot a brown colour j but, when dome.s- IL h. ticatedj