- Anticor
An anticor, also known as anticoeur or avant-cœur, among
farrier s, is a dangerous swelling orinflammation in ahorse 's breast, of the size and shape of an apple, just opposite theheart . The term literally means "anti heart" or "before heart".The swelling may appear as a hard tumor, slow to develop, or as an inflammation. A traditional remedy, in the first case, involves splitting the skin along the breadth of the tumor, allowing the matter contained to escape, and stopping the
hemorrhage by using anamadou or a hot iron. This kind of operation is best done by aveterinarian . If the tumor is inflammatory, one resorts to an oil ofpompillion , an ointment made of buds ofblack poplar ,lard and sheets of poppy, belladonna, etc. If it has formed anabscess , one first applies a softpoultice .ref label|1876|1|^In pre-
modern medicine , this was thought to be caused by asanguine and bilious humour. The disease has also been erroneously attributed to the heart, whence it was called byJacques de Solleysell a swelling of thepericardium , whereas it is really an inflammation in thegullet andthroat .ref label|1728|2|^In
humans , this is calledLudwig's angina , or squinancy.References
#note label|1876|1|^"Dictionnaire universel de la vie pratique à la ville et à la campagne." 5th ed. 1876.
#note label|1728|2|^1728 [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/HistSciTech/HistSciTech-idx?type=turn&entity=HistSciTech000900240148&isize=L Anticor] .
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