Observations respecting the pulse : intended to point out with greater certainty, the indications which it signifies, especially in feverish complaints / by William Falconer.

  • Falconer, William, 1744-1824.
Date:
1796
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Credit: Observations respecting the pulse : intended to point out with greater certainty, the indications which it signifies, especially in feverish complaints / by William Falconer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    C 6 ] to fpeak of the circuinftances naturally occurring in health, which may accelerate or retard the pulfe. But it will be proper firft to explain what I un- derftand by a natural pulfe. By this term then 1 would fignify the mean num- ■ ber of pullations which take place in a healthy body , in a minute’s fpace, during the twenty-four hours. The ufual circumfiances by which the pulfe in a ftate of health is fubjeff to be afFefted are, I. Such as arife from bodily organisation. 1. That of fex. < The pulfes of women are confiderably quicker ; than thofe of men. This was remarked many years ago by Kepler, who, whilft he eftimated the mean ] pulfes of men at 70 in a minute, eftimated, thofe of women at 80, or, at one feventh part more. The obfervations I have made, nearly coincide a herewith. The average number of the pulfe of | feven women in health, between thirty and forty * years of age, and each of them of moderate ftature, | was 84 in a minute, which does not differ very much from the proportion fpecified by Kepler, con- fidering that the mean number of pulfations in a man, are by me rated at 75 in a * minute. For 70 : 80 : : 75 ; 85.7. nearly. ■* It is neceflary to mention here, that the numbers fpeci- fied in the enfuing tables, are fuppofed to refer to the pulfec of men. ' i