HUNTERS 



slow, too small, too hard or wiry, irregular, 

 intermittent, double, and so forth, all of which 

 are departures from the normal. Exercise 

 and excitement increase the number of pulsa- 

 tions. 



THE BREATHING 



When a hunter is at rest and in perfect 

 health, the number of respirations averages 

 about 14 per minute, and each respiration is 

 divisible into two distinct portions, namely, 

 inspiration or the taking in of air, and ex- 

 piration or giving out air. During the former 

 act, the chest wall rises uniformly, whilst in 

 expiration it falls in a corresponding manner. 

 In the latter act, the air is completely squeezed 

 out during the collapse of the chest wall, and 

 not, as in hvken wind, partly squeezed out, and 

 the remainder of the act completed — in other 

 words expiration must not be double. In dis- 

 tressed breathing, the flanks are called into play; 

 the nostrils dilated ; the fore limbs stretched 

 wide apart ; and the nose placed in the direction 

 of the most fresh air. 



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