Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-05-18

beats iTl Che farmers horse about thirty
six times in a minute. In the smaller,
and in the Thoroughbred horses, the
pulsatisns HFefoFtyeT eT ferty-two. This
is said TO be the standard pulse, the
pulse of health It varies singularly
littIe in Horses Of tie same size and
breed, aud where it is found there can he
little materially wrong. The most con-
vcnient place to feel the pulse, is at the
lower jaw, alittIe bebIhd the spot where
the submaxillary artery and under the
vein, and the paroted duet, comes from
under the jaw. There the number of
pulsations viii be easily counted, and
the character of the pulse, a matter Of
fuzzy equal Importance, will be clearly
ssceTtained. Many horsemen put their
hand to the side. They can certainly
count the pulse there, but they can do
nothing more. owe nTlstBeable to press
the artery against some hard substance,
as the jaw-bonc, ln order to ascertain the
manner in which the blood flows through
it, and the quantity that flows.
When tliepulse reaches fifty or fifty
five some degree Of fever may be appre-
hended, ana proper precautions should
be taken. Seventy or seventy-fve will
iridieate o somewhat dangerous state,
aadshould put the owner and Veterinary
Sefgeon on the alert. Few horses long
sur,ive a pulse of one hundred, or even
ninety, fof-by this excessive action the
eneggies Of nature are speedily worn out,
Some things, however, should he TAX
en- into account in forming our cOnclu-
siUns frora the frequency of the pulse
F'3ercise1 a warm stable, fear, will WON
deFfully Increase the number Of puIsa-
tibas.
fkShen a careless ignorant fellow such
as Qrace NEST Of our public Stables, and
who are Of course all horse doctors, and
j.at ,ka,ocs frc,y bH oJodf It horse be-
cqQsc he ,rqs raised in q .TaJlc, the first
thing Is a curse oFat least a cross word as
he approaches the sick animal-don't It
know that by 50 doing he increases the
circulation ten or twenty beats in a min
ute, but he will declare thefever is burn
ing the horse up, and will prescribe the
remedy that ROmebody equally as igno-
rant If possible as himself had told him
was good for fever. a iudiciOus person
VIII approach the patientsgently, and
pat and s60th him, and even then the
circulation, probably, will be little dis
turbed and he should take the addi-
tional preeaution of.noting the number
and quality Of the pulse. a second time,
before he leaves the animal Or prescribes
for him.
If a quicE pulse indicates irritation
and fever, do,r pulse will likewise
diseases Of ,anlOpposite ma
ture, or character. 1t accompanies the
sleepy stage of staggers, and every NAL
ady oonHeetedFwitIF defleiellcy of merv-
Gus energy. 1T will be remembered
that we Stated in a former article, tlrt
one Of the hlnetions Of the nervous sys-
tenn is to propel the blood, through the
framel The heart may not only be eX
cited to more frequent, hut also to more
violent action. It may contract more
vioIentlyupOns the blood. .wlrieh will be
driven with1greater force Through the
arteries, and the expansion Of the vessels
will be greater, and more sudden. Then
we have the hard pulse, the sure indi-
Gator of considerable fever, and calling
for Che Immediate and free use of the
lancet.
Sometimes the pulse may he hard and
jerking, and yetasmait,7 the stream,
though forcible, is not great. The heart
is 10 fFritaHIe, flat il ooutFaGts before
the ventricle is properly filled. The
practitioner knows that this shows a
dangerous state Of disease. It is an al
most iDFaTiable- aecoptpaRiment of i'll
famatf6h. af the bowels. 1Ilr'>j ."
A woukpulse, when the arterlal stream
flows slowly, is caused by the feeble ac-
ton of the heart, 1t is the, reverse Of
fever and expressive 5f delilhx4s
The oppressed pulse is when the az
teries seem to be fully distended with
blood; there is. obstruction somewhere,
and the astian Qf the heart can hardly
force tie Stream along, or Communicate
pulsation to the current.
This is always the case in sudden in
fiamati5n of the lungs, EPnelilHonia)-
They are overloaded and gorged with
blood, which cannot find its way through
their piinqte vessels. This accounts for
the weil-known fact OF a bOpious bleed
ing increasing pulse previously op-
pressed. ga portion being removed from
the distended and choked vessels, the
remainderis is able To dow olit-l-6
ghere are many other varieties Of the
pulse, which It would he tedious here to
particuIarize, and we will conclude our
remarks on it by observing that, during
the act of bleeding its state should he
carefully observed. ~t-3t.
Many Veterinary Surgeons Of the
plug-hat and kid glove persuasion are
apt to order a certain quantity of blood
to be taken away butd6 notcondescend
to superihtend the operation. This. is
unpardonablein the Sturgeon and censur-
able in the owner Of the horse for en-
pIoying such man. The horse Is bIed
for some particular purpose, There is
some state Of disease Indicated 10y pc
culiar quality of the pulse which we are
endeavOuFing to alter. The most experi-
enoed laae etItloner does not know what
quantity Of blood must be distracted to
produce the desired effect. The change Of
the pulse car alone indicate when the
object Is accomplished; therefore tliEsop-
eratr should have his finger on tlIe, artery
during tiIe act of 5leeding, aud c6nhRara-
lively regardless Of fl5e quantity, con-
tinue to take blood, until, in inflammation
Of the lungs, the oppressed pulse be-
comes fuller and more distinct, or the
strong pulse Of considerable fever is evil
IDENTIFY softer, or the animal exhibits
symptoms, Of faintness. .gst.F-spg,
The arteries divide as they proceed
through the frame, aud branch out into
innumerable minute tubes termed capil-
laries, thair like tubes, and they even
become 50 small az to elude the sight
The slightest puncture cannot he innict-
ed without wounding some Of them,
In these little tubes, the nourishment
nr tbp hodyy and thu slo,,o ro4gI,, ,,c III