Show TAKING THE HORSES PULSE valuable means of assistance in As pertaining certa ining the nature and ress of disease the pulse is due to an automatic ex winslon and relaxation in the null liall of an elastic tube the arter caused b the jets ot of blood pumped into those these lessels by b means of 0 a force pump pum P the heart each stroke of the heart Is equal to one pu pulsation Nation lz a rising and falling of the arterial nail all in health the average number of pulse beats per minute Is about 36 to 40 the larger the horse hore the slower or fewer the number of beats per min ute A very good situation to take tho pulse Is at the underside ot of the jann by rolling the tips of acie he fingers about a little they the can bo be brought on to the blood N essel don t press too firmin nor yet too lightly the animal must be kept still and quiet in point ot of importance the character ot of the pulse must be the best guide that Is to sa say the blood vessel nessel may impress us ug as feeling hard bar d soft full quick small viry iry regular or irregular in pulmonary apoplexy it may bo be beating times per minute when properly taken it forms a valuable means of assistance in ascer the nature and progress of disease |