84 THE PULSE. 



Thirty-five to near forty is the standard pulse 

 (young colts two or three quicker) ; and when it 

 beats about this number in the minute, going 

 oiF with a full bounding feel, it is the pulse of 

 strong health in a strong constitution. Forty- 

 five is too quick; thirty, too slow. When the 

 pulse is under forty-five, there can be no active 

 inflammation that will not quickly show itself. 



When it is weak and not full, it bespeaks 

 more or less of debility, according to other symp- 

 toms that may be present. 



When it rises to sixty, there may be fever, 

 or some local inflammation, according as other 

 symptoms are present. 



When at the number of seventy, or eighty, or 

 more, it is hard, and yet small and wiry. It de- 

 notes inflammation of the bowels, if the other 

 symptoms are present. 



When it is oppressed and indistinct, feeling 

 as if there was too much blood in the artery, it 

 denotes" inflammation of the lungs, if the other 

 symptoms are present. 



When the pulse is irregular or intermittent, 

 stopping a second, then going on again, it de- 

 notes great danger under disease, if other bad 

 symptoms are present. The intermittent pulse 

 is sometimes produced intentionally, by giving 

 digitalis, or other poisonous medicines. 



