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nny artery •, thofe which run up on each 

 fide the neck, are generally to be feen 

 beating as well as felt a little above the 

 chefl •, and one within fide each leg may 

 be traced with the finger. 



A due attention to the pulfe is fo Im- The 

 portant an article^ in order to form ^\^^Z\^ 

 proper judgment in fevers, that ic would J^/^ji-g 

 appear amazing it has fo much been neg- of great 

 levied, if one did not recolle6t, that the import- 

 generality of farriers are fo egregiouQy ance. 

 ignorant, that they have no manner of 

 conception of the blood's circulation, nor 

 in general have they ability enough to 

 diftinguifh the difference between an ar- 

 tery and a vein — With fuch pretty guar- 

 dians do v/e intruft the healths and lives 

 of the moft valuable of aninials I ' . 



For v^hlch reafon I cannot too much 

 enforce the neceflity of this ftudy and 

 pradice, as it is evident to every one 

 with what fcrupulous attention the hu- 

 man pulfe is examined in every Feverifh 

 ftage, and how often the phyfician's 

 judgment is chiefly diredled by ic. What 

 difcoveries therefore might not be made 

 by accurate obfervations on the pulfe of 

 horfes, both in regard to the quicknefs of 

 the blood's motion, and to the hardnefs ' 

 of the artery, from its difficult vibrations! 



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