HUNTERS 



four long strokes, and each of these has the 

 value of two-tenths of a degree, expressed in 

 this manner: 95.2; 95.4; 95.6; 95.8; followed 

 by the whole number 96. Precisely the same 

 remarks apply to all the other numbers. Common 

 temperatures in fever are 104 and 105, less 

 frequently 106, whereas high degrees of fever 

 are indicated by registers of 106.6, 107, and 

 fractions above the last number. The best 

 clinical thermometers are those of English make, 

 some of which will register in 30 seconds, but 

 the average one requires a minute. Before 

 using the thermometer, the index should be 

 shaken down to about 96 or 97, readily done by 

 taking the stem in the right hand and knocking 

 the ball of the hand against the knee, the stem 

 of the thermometer being between the fingers. 

 The temperature should be taken night and 

 morning, in the rectum, and held in position for 

 a minute or so. 



THE ATTITUDE OF THE ANIMAL 



The position of an animal, in relation to 

 health and disease, is well worthy of study by 

 an observant mind, and one that very often 



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