The sphygmometer, an instrument which renders the action of the arteries apparent to the eye, a memoir; with an improvement of the instrument and prefatory remarks by the translator, E.S. Blundell1835 |
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Page 12 - I attend several persons whom a disposition to apoplexy subject to frequent attacks of cerebral congestion ; I frequently examine their pulse; whenever I observe that it exceeds the degree of impulse necessary to the equilibrium, I order leeches to be applied, or a certain quantity of blood drawn. I have noticed what loss of blood suffices to bring the pulse back to its normal state.