Ill l> 



simi ; 1 1 m 1 decompression of tl 



decompi ession ;it a low er pi i 



compression, the difference being mosl n 



is done quickly. Thia difference is owing to tl 



the pulse does no1 reach the forearm until ;i!l tl 

 <list« -lulfii w ith l>l<>'..| ■■•II dis 



readinga taken Prom different limbs; thus, it 

 thai the systolic preasure in the ]<■<; is higher thai 

 when the observed person is in the horizontal position l 

 are mosl commonly ol ! in patients 



on or thickened arl l the p 



water-hammer variety, and the greate tolic pn 



ins t.. depend on dif 

 ieal conditions cone in the transmission • 



w ave t«i the the t w .» exl remitii 



The reason for tin' discrepancies in 

 doubt that the hardening is likely t<> be more pronounced in t ; 

 sels of the thigh than in those of the arms. Winn a 

 compressed it doea not collapse uniformly thj 

 completely <•!« >^.-. 1 bul its walls come togetl middl 



••hinks still vniain at the Bidea The hi 1 continu* 



these chinks, and a very coi l»ly higher p •• in the cuff 



quired to obliterate them. That this is probably the c 



is supported by the observation that, although in sucl 



doea oo1 disappear in the \< if the t"""t a1 the Ban 



doea at the wri8t, a distinct change is nevertheless i" 



pulse "t" the i"""t at a cuff pressure equal t«> tl 



in the wrist. In a patient showing a s 



upper arm ami l!» s mm. for the leg, at llii mm. th 



although nol obliterated, becanK it down in volui I 



•• it persisted at a small volume with little all n unti 



ifftcient to obliterate it. h is s.u.i • • 

 and decompression of the hardened 

 crepancy in tin- Byatolic readings D ff< 

 also Bometimea observed in normal individuals, particul 

 cular exercise, but for t hese n 



While palpating the radial a it wi 



• e in the cufl aduall | 



pulse iner • ibly until a 



This ' heha\ n-r of tl I 



sph ■ I ' I • - 



significance that th< 



