AND FAMILY DISPENSATORY. ° 
the middle of the fummer, thofe which are cold to 
perate to the fpring. 
« Exercife increafes the pulfe, and confequently the circulation of the blood, white 
‘an idle and inaétive ftate renders the pulfe flow, weak, and languid; and diminifhes 
the circulation of the fluids. Spirituous' aliments render the pulfé large, and vehe- 
ment, and frequent. The pulfe of fuch ‘as are afleep is flow, fmall, and languid , 
‘but, as foon as they awake, it forthwith becomes large, quicker, and ftronger ; the 
pulfe of thofe who are angry’ is large, vehement, and quick ; that of fuch as are 
frighted, frequent, fmall, and inactive; and of thofe who are forrowful, fmall, Jan- 
guid, and flow ; hence the common and ordinary affections of the body change the 
‘pulfe, fo that,without duly adverting to thefe affections, the pulfe cannot be cer- 
tainly underftood, nor can it aa determined tow far it fase from a natural fate 
“in confequence of difeafes. " Se 
_ The natural pulfe i is thetefore to be felt and to be se eb fot i ” ediately 
i aipiprennd immoderate eating, drinking wine, or other caufes which 
-the heast and fpirits ; for we are to determine nothing about the hie ‘till ant ‘er 
of external caufeés has ceafed, and all perturbations. of the body are allayed ; for 
the pulfe is the moft certain fign and criterion of judgin | 
‘and bloods ut, ow the puilfe alone is obfe vec t 
Apale may be difturbed by a thoufand | abitr: a 
All authors, both ancient and modern, agree, that a getjuche pulfe, > in every fpecies 
of fever, whether continual or intesemetent, whether Aa or ey Na : whether 
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the winter, and fuch as are tem- 
atl and vehe- 
nual fevers, denotes 
2 boc ly. ‘In invettigating, 
ieiedaiied prc ate which -is ‘pace ‘pret natural, and accompanies 
_ feveral diforders, we fhall follow the accurate Bellini, who accounts for the me s - 
of the ear from the: influx of the blood —_. optimal arteries, see of et 
omen pall, § seh te 
by a fufficient. coe of ‘peed: Skink forcibly into the braiae: Ne 
eat. < 
