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Show STRONG PULSE BEATS. Cases in Which They Are Perceptible to the Eye. "It isnot such an uncommon thing," said a physician, "to find a person whose pulse beats can be plainly seen, and yet I suppose there are but few outside o fthe profession who realize tVio fact Tn most nersnns the beat of the pulse cannot be perceived, but the mere fact that the beating is perceptible per-ceptible does not mean that the pulse is other than normal. I have come across a" number of cases where the throbbing of the wrist could be plainly seen, and yet the persons rarely gave evidence of abnormality in temperature. tempera-ture. They were rarely feverish, and were ii good physical condition generally. gen-erally. Pulses of this kind, from this view, which is based upon actual observations ob-servations of cases, do not indicate anything more than an abnormal physical phys-ical condition In the formation of the wrist veins. "I have met wtih one case which was possibly a little extraordinary, in that it was plainer and much more distinct dis-tinct than any I had ever seen before. It could almost be heard. The artery would rise to a point almost as large as the ball of the little finger of a child, and would change from the white of the skin to a blood purple with each beat of the pulse. I found it easy to count the pulse beats without touching the patient's wrist. I could see plainly enough to keep the record, and in order not to err In my calculations, I tested it in several ways and found it was correct cor-rect and that there was no mistake in my counting with the naked eye." New Orleans Times-Democrat. j |