Notes of lectures on the theory and practice of medicine : delivered in the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia / by John Eberle.

  • Eberle, John, 1787-1838.
Date:
1844
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Credit: Notes of lectures on the theory and practice of medicine : delivered in the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia / by John Eberle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    firm under the finger like a tense cord, botli in its systole and diastole—sometimes called corded. Strejigth and great frequency never united, a strong pulse seldom exceeding 115 beats in a minute; a strong pulse indicates energy of the vital powers, and is therefore favourable. A feeble Pulse, the reverse of a strong pulse : it is feeble, when the artery produces a weak impulse against the finger, during its dias- tole. Feebleness and softness of pulse, not syno- nymous—the artery may resist pressure, and yet pulsate very feebly. The pulse is soft, when the artery appears to be filled, and yet offers no resistance, vanishing by slight pressure. A very soft Pulse seldom attended with great frequency', or with irregularity; occurring in the advanced stages of fevers, favourable; when joined with great difficulty of respiration, and suffused countenance, in pneumonic inflam- mation, indicative of much danger. Full Pulse. Never very frequent; some- times much slower than natural. Small Pulse—the diameter of the artery is smaller than natural; in inflammations seated above the diaphragm, the pulse is generally full —when seated below it is small. (Borden.) Depressed Pulse : small, and apparently/ee- ble, and occasionally quick, does not depend on actual debility or exhaustion, but on internal venous congestion.—Blood-letting will raise this pulse; distinguished from a small and weak pulse—by attending to the prevailing diathesis— by suffering a few ounces of blood to flow, and watching its effects—and by observing the period of the disease in which it occurs ; if it is small and obscure in the beginning of acute diseases, we may presume it is depressed.