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blood until, in inflammation of the lungs, the oppressed 

 pulse becomes fuller and more distinct, or the strong 

 pulse of considerable fever is evidently softer, or the 

 animal exhibits symptoms of iaintness, 



It is important to distinguish between the pulse of 

 fever and that of inflammation. We may have a pulse 

 of the greatest rapidity, as in influenza, and yet no one 

 part of the body much inflamed. We have known the 

 pulse of the horse more than tripled, and the animal 

 still recover ; and, on the other hand, in cases of in- 

 flammation, a pulse of sixty has betokened great 

 danger, and, in some cases, has been succeeded by 

 death. 



CLYSTERS. 



The principal art of administering a clyster consist* 

 in not frightening the horse. The pipe, well oiled, 

 should be very gently introduced, and the fluid not 

 too hastily thrown into the intestine, its heat being as 

 nearly as possible that of the intestine, or about 96 of 

 Fahrenheit's thermometer. 



