Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1917 — Pulses. [ARTICLE]

Pulses.

Pulses are meek little creatures that live In wrists and serve as pacemakers for the heart, telling It how fast to beat. Thfere has never been a case known to science where the heart has not beat as fast as the pulse. Pulses sometimes get much excited under stress of fear, strange young ladles and other embarrassment, and the heart has to put forth Its best licks to keep within hailing distance. Pulses oftentimes act up In a very unseemly manner under the thumb of an Insurance doctor and, indeed, have been known to save their owners from $5 to $25 a month in life insurance which they have prevented his getting. Unfortunately, pulses are located In a very Inaccessible place for repair purposes, and when they begin to backfire and miss there Is no chance to throw up the radiator hood and peek Into their carburetors and things. Pulses are invaluable to doctors In arriving at a diagnosis. ThatT is to say, while the doctor is apparently engaged In tolling off the pulse rate, he has a dandy opportunity to make a few likely guesses as to the nature of his client’* new ailment. Besides all this, pulses are very handy little things around which to wear pulse warmers and wrist watches. A man with no pulse is dead to all practical purposes. —lndianapolis Star..