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Peculiarities of the Pulse. A little study of the following will 

 aid much in the determination of the various peculiarities of the pulse. 

 If the pulse beats fifty-five or more times in a minute while the horse is 

 is at rest, it is an evidence that fever is present. 



FREQUENT PULSE — is one that beats an increased number of 

 times in a minute. 



INFREQUENT PULSE— is the reverse. 



QUICK PULSE has reference to the time occupied by each separate 

 pulse. The beat may strike the finger either quickly or slowly. The 

 pulse may beat forty quick pulsations in a minute, or forty slow 

 ones. 



INTERMITTING PULSE— is one in which a beat is occasionally 

 omitted. The beat which is omitted may come at the end of some 

 given number of pulsations, when it is called regularly intermittent. 



LARGE PULSE — is one that seems to feel fuller and seems to strike 

 the finger over a larger space than usual. 



SMALL PULSE— means the opposite. 



FEEBLE PULSE — is one in which the artery is easily pressed down 

 and conveys the idea of emptiness. 



HARD PULSE — is one that causes the feeling of hardness or resis- 

 tance. The artery feeling full and the pulse beating with force; 



DOUBLE PULSE — is one in which the beat seems to give two rapid 

 beats at once. 



The pulse may include the character of two or more of the foregoing 

 classes. Thus a horse may have a quick, intermitting, feeble pulse, etc. 



Temperature. The temperature of the healthy horse is slightly 

 above that of man, ranging from 99}^° to ioi}4° F. The average is 

 about 100° F. High surrounding temperature and exercise as well as 

 digestion will increase the animal temperature. The most accurate way 

 of taking temperature is by introducing a self -registering thermometer 

 into the rectum. The thermometer should remain in three or four min- 

 utes before it is removed. 



Respiration. The character of breathing is much changed by dis- 

 ease. These peculiar characteristics are very essential in determining 

 the location and nature of a disease. 



Respirations Per Minute. In health, standing quiet, the horse 

 breathes from twelve to fifteen times a minute; work or excitement in- 

 creases the number. 



