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from hard work, want of sufficieirt food, or 

 other causes except fever, the pulse is more 

 or less languid or weak; sometimes slower, at 

 others a Uttle quicker than usual ; still, however, 

 it swells gradually, and does not give that sen- 

 sation we have described, and which physi- 

 cians term hardness. 



\x\ fever there is either a total loss or a di- 

 minution of appetite, and the animal appears 

 to be in pain; the natural evacuations (dung 

 and urine) are generally deficient; and upon 

 lifting the eyelid, we generally find it unusu- 

 ally red. The mouth £gels hotter, and the 

 tongue is commonly drjer than usual. 



In simple debihty or weakness, whether it 

 be occasioned by hard work or any other 

 cause except fevei\ the mouth and tongue 

 are in their natural state ; the j^ulse, though 

 weak and sometimes not easily felt if we press 

 much upon tlie artery with the finger, does 

 UQt crive that sharp hard stroke which charac- 

 terises fever \ the horse readily sweats; and 

 when the weakness is considerable the ears 

 and hind lesrs will feel rather cold, and his 

 flanks generally move quicker than usual. 

 If blood be drawn, it will be found very dif- 

 ferent frora that of a horse labouring under 



