HORSES: THEIR POINTS AND MANAGEMENT 



disease, and the number of pulsations is more than donbk^ that 

 normally present in the healthy adult animal. 



THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BODY. 



The normal temperature is ioo° Fahr. Unless certain 

 special causes, e.g., fever, etc., are operative, the temperature 

 never exceeds ioi-6° Fahr. A common temperature in slight 

 fever is 103.2° Fahr. and 104^ Fahr. Temperatures of 106° and 

 101° are not uncommonlv present during severe febrile distur- 

 bances. Iixercise increases temperature. 



The rectum or vagina (though there is a slight variation 

 in the heat of these situations i are the usual places to ascertain 

 the temperature of the animal body. Take temperature night 

 and morning if necessary. Thermometers having the Kew 

 Certificates are, of course, reliable clinical instruments to 

 purchase. From half to three minutes is the usual time to 

 allow most thermometers to remain in position. The index, 

 i.e., the little detached piece of mercury, requires shaking 

 below 100° Fahr. before using. Each small mark is equivalent 

 to two-tenths of a degree Fahr., but each of the larger strokes 

 has the value of one degree Fahr. 



THE EYES, NOSE AND SKIN. 



In health the skin ought to have a soft and pliant feel. 

 It should be free from scurf, or any kind of roughness ; the 

 hair lying evenly over the surface. Tightness of skin, erec- 

 tion, or semi-erection of hair, are both indications of disorder. 

 Inecpiality of surface temperature is very frequent when there 

 is the slightest disturbance within the economy. Coldness of 

 the skin, and sweating along with this, are very commonly 



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