Learn About The Pulse

person should know how to ascertain the state of the pulse in health; then, by comparing it when he ís ailing, he may have some idea of the urgency of ïia case. Parents should know the ïealth pulse of each child, as now and ;hen a person is bom with a peculiarly slow or fast pulse, and the very case in land may be of that peculiarity. An nfant's pulse is 140; a child of 7 about 80, and from 20 to 60 years is 70 beate a minute; declining to 60 at four-score. A healthy grown person's pulse beats 70 times a minute. There may be good ïealth down to 60, but if the pulse always exceeds 70 there is a disease, the machine is working itse),f out; tliere is a fever or inflammation somewhere,and ,he body is feeding on itself ; as in consumption, when the pulse is quick,that is over 70, gradually increasing, with decreased chances of cure, until it reaches 110 to 120, when death comes before many days. When the pulse is over 70 for months, and there is a slight cough, the lungs are affected. There are, however, peculiar constitutions in which the pulse may be over 70 in health.