Show TAKING THE HORSES PULSE valuable means of assistance in ascertaining certa ining the nature and progress of disease the pulse Is due to an automatic expansion and relaxation in the nail of an elastic tube the artery caused by the jeta of blood pumped into these vessels by means of a force pump the heart each stroke of the heart la equal to one pulsation viz a rising and falling of the arterial wall in health the average number of beats per minute Is about 36 to 40 the larger the horse the blower or fewer the number ot beats per aln ute A very good situation to take the pulse Is at the underside of the jaw by rolling the tips of he fingers about a little they can be brought on to the blood vessel dont press too firmly nor vet too lightly the animal must ie kept still and quiet in point of importance the character of the pulse must be the best guide that Is to say the blad vessel may impress us as feeling hard boft full quick small wiry regular or irregular in pulmonary apoplexy it may be beating times per minute when properly taken it forms a valuable means of assistance in ascertaining the nature and progress of disease |