A normal pulse in the veins / by Octavius A. White.

  • Octavius Augustus White
Date:
[1878]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A normal pulse in the veins / by Octavius A. White. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    is uncertain, resort may be had to the aid which this little in- strument affords. As with all critical observations upon the circulation of the blood, the venous current should never be examined while the patient is under the influence of sudden emotional shock or cardiac excitement, nor indeed during a state of bodily fatigue from muscular exertion; but when it is desirable to obtain sim- ply a palpable vein pulse, the patient should be fortified with either a stimulant or a solid meal. The hsemarumascope is therefore again commended, with an assurance that no other manoscope yet invented to render help in the investigation of obscure cases can compare with it in compendiousness, simplicity of construction, sensitiveness, readi- ness of application, or cheapness of cost.
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