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PRACTICAL TREATISE, 



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FARRIERY 



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Of the PULSE of a HORSE. 



np H E regular Pulfe of a Horfe in health, beats forty 

 •^ times in one minute; if much lefs, it denotes lownefs, if 

 fifty, or more, it denotes a high fever, therefore, according 

 to the number, to be termed higher or lower, and fo judge 

 accordingly, as fymptoms fhould appear. The Pulfe is to be 

 felt between the point of the fhoulder and the fetting on of the 

 neck, above the breaft, on the lower part of the neck vein. — 

 The Pulfe is difficult to be felt in the above part, but fhall 

 mention a readier part to feel it, as follows. Set your hand on 

 the fide of the chefl, oppofite the heart, about a fpan behind 

 the elbow ; there you will feel the heart Pulfe beat plainly. 



Of FEVERS in General. 



' Horfe s are fubje^l to Fevers from accidents, from fevere 

 xvounds, from catching a fevere cold or by overheating by 

 fevere work in hot weather, and bad management after it. — 



B Horfes 



