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by the anatomist, it may guide the touch to direct 

 the finger along the inside jaw, a little above the 

 edge where it begins to decline downwards, gently 

 pressing it against the jaw till the pulsation is felt. 

 By doing this two or three times, any man will 

 soon discover the exact spot where he should feel 

 for the pulsation. In a healthy horse, the intervals 

 should be about 40 or 45 per minute. When it 

 exceeds this by ten or twelve pulsations, the horse 

 is not well ; but the circulation may be momenta- 

 rily accelerated even to that extent, by sudden 

 alarm ; it is therefore expedient to approach the 

 horse quietly, and to caress him for a minute or 

 two first, if he shrinks from approach. If the 

 pulse exceeds sixty, prompt and scientific atten- 

 tion is indispensably required. 



