Connecticut western news., 1885-06-24
The Pulse Of Animals.

"Veterinarian" in the National LiUe Stock JoMrpaJ has this to say in rela- tion to the pulse of animals:
 "The healthy pulse in the adult horse is from 36 to 40 beats to the minute, in the OK from 45 to 50, in the sheep from 70 to 80, and in the pig about the same as a sheep. In young animals the pulsations are faster and in old ones they are slower than those in their prime. In very young ones they are, of course, very much faster. The healthy pulsations may also vary in the same class of animals, according to breed. temperament, or even indi- vidual peculiarities, and very slight cause, such as sharp word or start" may increase the beats in an excitable horse ten to thirteen beats per minute. The frequency of the pulsations may be taken anywhere that an artery can be felt by light pressure on 1t with the finger, or the beating of the heart may be felt on the left side, just back of the elbow. But were our knowledge as to the state of the pulse to be limited merely to the frequency of the beats, 1t would be small indeed. The tone, volume, and force have also to be taken into consideration. A very frequent pulse often indicates great weakness.
 "The pulse in the horse, OK, and in most of the lower animals is convent entIy felt at the angle of the under jaw, where the submaxillarY artery coming from the inside passes under the lower edge of the jaw-bone and mounts up toward the face, just in front of the large, flat muscle that closes the jaws. The frequency of the pulsation varies much in different animals, according to the disease, its stage, its severity, etc. Few horses survive long with a continuous pulse of 100 A continuous pulse of sixty to sixty-fve in abdominal disease, lingering collie, etc., would indicate danger, and pulse of sixty to seventy is not uncommon in favorable cases of influenza or other lingering or facilitating diseases of the organs of respiration of the horse."
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