28 MODERN FARHIEK. 



has more actiAdty in southern than in northern 

 countries ; and that its progress is more rapid in the 

 mule and the ass than in the horse, but that the 

 former is not so subject to receive it by infection, or 

 contact, as the horse is.' 



Some farriers succeed in persuading people that 

 they have really cured the glanders ; but on exami- 

 nation, it will be found that these wonderful cures 

 have been effected only in cases that resembled the 

 glanders. 



20. Fevers. 



Sijmptoms. — A fever is denoted by great restless- 

 ness, and ranging from one end of the rack to ano- 

 ther, beating of the flanks, redness and inflammation 

 of the eyes, and a parched and dry tongaie. The 

 horse also loses his appetite, nibbles his hay without 

 chewing it, and is frequently smelling to the ground; 

 he dungs often, but little at a time, and in small 

 broken pieces, and sometimes stales with difficulty ; 

 his urine is highly coloured : he is always craving 

 for water, and drinks often, but little at a time ; and 

 his pulse beats full and hard. 



' The best criterion of fever in the horse,* says INIr. 

 Lawrence, 'is the pulse. The best situation for 

 feeling it is just under the edge of the jaw-bone, 

 where the facial artery passes on to the side of the 

 face. In this situation, the artery is covered by the 

 skin only; and, as it rests against the bone, its 

 strength or weakness of pulsation may be ascertained 

 with the nicest exactness and accuracy. When the 

 animal is in health the pulse generally beats from 

 thirty-six to forty strokes in a minute. The pulsation 

 is regular, and the artery feels neither hard nor soft, 

 but perfectly elastic ; but when under the influence 

 of fever, the pulse is sometimes increased to more 

 than double its natural number of beats, and the 

 artery becomes frequently so hard and rigid as to 



