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PULSATIONS. 



and there is a characteristic pulse as much as distinctive 

 peculiarities in the respiration, &c. 



It is of great moment to the practical man to be acquainted 

 with the variations in the pulse according to age, and further 

 observations are called for on the subject. In man it has 

 been determined that the pulse is more frequent in old age 

 than adultism; but Delafond has confirmed Bigot's observa- 

 tions on this point, and finds that the pulsations are less 

 frequent in old animals. The following table includes the 

 results of observations by Rigot, Minot, and Delafond. 



For the horse and ox Kreutzer furnishes us with the fol- 

 lowing result of his observations : 



