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that exercise will always increase the number of respir- 

 ations and pulse beats, and also the temperature, 

 so that this examination should be made at least a half 

 an hour or an hour after exercise or work. The tem- 

 perature should be taken as follows : First shake the 

 mercury toward the bulb until it falls below 98^- de- 

 grees ; then insert the thermometer in the rectum, 

 bulb end first, till it is within a half -inch of the end, 

 which must be held between the finger and thumb. 

 Allow it to remain in the rectum 4 minutes and then 

 withdraw it. By noting the height of the mercury from 

 the bulb the number of degrees of temperature will be 

 accurately shown. 



If the horse is suffering from bronchitis, there will 

 frequently be a cough from the first. But this is not 

 so noticeable in pneumonia without bronchitis. If 

 bronchitis predominates, it will be discovered by plac- 

 ing the ear in front of the chest just below the bottom 

 of the windpipe, and hearing a sound such as would be 

 produced by air passing through a fluid-like material. 

 This is a sure symptom of bronchitis. If pneumonia of 

 one lung only is present, it may be distinguished by 

 placing the ear over the two sides of the chest and 

 listening to the sounds ; there will be a difference be- 

 tween the sound on the diseased side and the normal 

 side. I shall forego an explanation of this difference, 

 as this work is written for the average stock owner and 

 not for the veterinarian. The importance of the dis- 

 covery that the two lungs do not give the same sound 

 is very great it determines the fact that one or the 

 other lung is diseased. I would only be causing the. 

 stock owner more difficulty in arriving at a correct con- 

 clusion, by complicating the description with matter 



