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a prejudice against such horses, as they often get sick very 
shortly after they are bought and taken to the barns. I knew 
of a hundred that passed through the ring that way. On the 
other hand, I have taken the temperature of horses after a trip 
of four to five miles and found them to be from 104-5. I rec_ 
ommend all such horses to stay in the barn till the next morn¬ 
ing, and as a rule find their temperatures then to be normal. 
The excitement of the trip raised the temperature. If the tem¬ 
perature did not go down next morning I rejected the horse. 
Last week I bought a horse in the yards with a temperature of 
102. I led him down behind a buggy, put him into the barn, 
took his temperature and found it to be 104. I left him in the 
barn till next morning, took his temperature then, and found it 
to be 101. In heavy horses, as a rule, I find that their normal 
temperature is between 101—102. My experience with heavy 
horses is, that if they quit eating they are very seriously sick. 
If this is the case, even if their temperature is but 102, we ought 
to commence treating them at once, as we can thus prevent 
serious illness. Some barns make it a rule to give all new 
horses that just come into the barn a little fever medicine. I 
think it is a good idea to take the temperature of all such horses 
that come from the yards. 
Dr. Paxson: I would like the society to come to a conclu¬ 
sion as to what would be the highest temperature with which 
we could allow a horse to pass. 
Dr. Robertson : I think 102 
Dr. Hughes: What is the normal temperature of the horse ? 
I think 101. 
Dr. Robertson : My experience is largely with these heavy 
draft horses. There were some whose temperature I took every 
morning, and found that it was very close to 102. I presume it 
was because, as a rule, they were in close confinement and had 
but little exercise. I always supposed that the normal tem¬ 
perature was 100. If anyone would ask me what the normal 
temperature of horses is, I would say in heavy horses from 
101-102, in light horses about 100. I never bother my head if 
the temperature of a heavy horse is 102, and I pronounce him 
sound. In light horses I have not had so much experience, as I 
have not taken their temperatures so frequently. 100 I should 
judge would be considered the normal temperature of such 
horses. 
Dr. Hiighes : What is the normal pulse of a horse ? 
Dr. Pister: I find that heavy Percheron and Normandy 
