Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1881 — The Human Pulse. [ARTICLE]

The Human Pulse.

Physicians have always attached for all ages the greatest importance to the frequency of the heart’s action as indicated by the pulse. The number of pulsations of the heart, as stated by Dr. Milne Edwards, average seventy per minute in a male and from six to ten more in a female. The pulse of Napoleon, however, was much below the average. That of Sir William Congreve is said to have been about 128 per minute even in health. But. as a general thing, the variations at Guy’s compiled by Milne Edwards, have- been verified by observation. The following table of the pulse is interesting in this connection : Mala? Mala. Age. Average. Age. Average. 2to 7 97 42 to 49 1Q 8 to 14 84 49 to 56 69 14 to 21 76 56 to 63 68 21 to 28 78 63 to 70 70 28 to 35 70 70 to 77 67 35 to 38 68 77 to 84 71 —New York Herald.