represent a concentrated alcoholic solution of the active principles of organic bodies. It is still occasionally employed in perfumery and the culinary art. See Essence, Tincture, &c.
QUITTOR. It generally shows itself at the top or coronet of the hoof of the horse, in the form of a fistulous opening (whence quittor is also called ‘the pipes’), filled with a purulent discharge.
Quittor invariably points to the presence of an internal ulcer, abscess, or some other irritating cause, the discharge from which, accumulating under the hard hoof, slowly works its way to the surface. The origin of quittor is generally some injury to the hoof, such as a corn, a prick, or an inequality of tread.
The first thing to be done is to remove the animal’s shoe, to cut away any dead or discoloured horn, so as to reach the seat of the suppuration, and to allow it to escape by a more direct outlet. Hot-water fomentations and poultices should afterwards be applied for a few days. Should the sores show an indisposition to heal, the parts should be washed with a tolerably strong solution of sulphate of zinc, or of bichloride of mercury—25 grams of the latter to an ounce of water. The application of strong caustics is to be particularly deprecated.
QUOTID′IAN. Occurring or returning daily. See Ague.
RAB′BIT. The Lepus cuniculus (Linn.) of the Cuvian order Rodentia. The domestic rabbit, when young, is a light and wholesome article of food, approaching in delicacy to the common barn-door fowl; but has less flavour than the wild animal. The fat is among the ‘simples’ of the Ph. L. 1618. Its hair and skin are made into cheap furs, gloves, hats,
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Composition of Rabbit’s Flesh (Bartlett).[133]
[133] ‘Lancet,’ March 29th, 1873.
| Rabbit No. 1. Grains. | Rabbit No. 2. Grains. | Rabbit No. 3. Grains. | Average Grains. | Percentage. Grains. | |
| Water | 5,982 | 6,623 | 7,315 | 6,640 | 73·17 |
| Fibrin and Syntonin | 1,143 | 1,247 | 1,393 | 1,261 | 13·90 |
| Gelatin | 302 | 335 | 350 | 329 | 3·63 |
| Fat | 240 | 272 | 345 | 286 | 3·15 |
| Albumen | 276 | 305 | 340 | 307 | 3·38 |
| Alcoholic extract, including salts | 106 | 119 | 135 | 120 | 1·32 |
| Watery extract | 102 | 108 | 125 | 112 | 1·23 |
| Calcium phosphates | 16 | 19 | 25 | 20 | 0·22 |
| Edible portion | 8,167 | 9,028 | 10,029 | 9,075 | 100·00 |
| Additional gelatin from stewing bones | 215 | 232 | 251 | 233 | 2·06 |
| Bones, &c., dissected out and stewed | 1,501 | 1,674 | 1,854 | 2,027 | 17·88 |
| Shank bones, fur and eyes, thrown away | 313 | 352 | 382 | waste. | |
| 10,201 | 11,286 | 12,516 | 11,335 | ... |