30 CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS. 



suits can be obtained than by the use of instruments. In case 

 the skin is dirty, bHstered. or the animal is lousy, a towel can 

 be placed between it and the ear. To guard against being 

 bitten or kicked an attendant should hold the patient by the 

 head. In large stables containing a good many animals the 

 noises they produce may interfere with auscultation ; if it is 

 essential to diagnosis or prognosis, the patient should be ex- 

 amined in some quieter place. 



