The =jerking and receding= pulse is felt in cases of imperfection of the semilunar valves at the commencement of the great aorta, and which allows blood propelled into the arteries by the contraction of the ventricle to flow back into the ventricle during its state of relaxation. This pulse is met with in other conditions as in aneurism of the aorta, but if from heart disease it is distinguished by the presence of a _blowing murmur_ with the second sound of the heart. The =intermittent= pulse indicates functional derangement of the heart but it does not as is generally believed betoken structural disease. It is frequently observed in healthy asses and mules, and in dogs however slightly excited whether by fear or joy, or by the mere fact of their being handled, it is so common as to be almost the rule rather than the exception. It may be seen in a healthy horse as the result of excitement. During the early stages of convalescence from inflammatory affections of the lungs in the horse the pulse is often intermittent. The pulsations are at the same time unequal. There is a regular cycle of beats gradually decreasing in force and extending over a complete respiratory act. The cycle commences with the strongest beat during or immediately after the act of expiration, and the succeeding four or five beats are less and less forcible until the chest is fully expanded when there is a quiescent interval corresponding to the period of one beat. In many such cases there is no other indication of heart disease and the phenomenon appears due to the interference with the circulation by the hepatized lung, to the impaired nervous energy of the heart and to its compression between the distended lungs. A pulse simply _intermittent_ and not associated with any further sign of heart disease does not then possess the significance generally attributed to it, but a careful examination of the heart should invariably be made when this functional disorder is observed. It exists or may be brought about by slight excitement in the great majority of heart diseases. In case of intermittent pulse it is useful to ascertain whether there is also an intermission of the heart’s beat, since in softening of the heart, that organ may beat without being able to transmit the impulse along the artery. A pulse at once =unequal and irregular= is a much more serious indication than a merely intermittent pulse. It is observed especially in fatty degeneration of the muscular substance, and with imperfection of the valves on the left side of the organ, though it may be present in other cardiac diseases independent of the existence of those lesions.