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NOTE XXVI. ON THE PULSE i
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(3) The time or duration of each movement (zamdnu kulli harakat
in
, "quod ex tempore cujuscunque motionis sumptum est"), This
also comprises
1* three
varieties, the quick (sari\ "velox'"), the>slow,
(bati\ " '
tardus "), and the intermediate (" aequalis "). a
(4) Resistance to the tpuch (qiwdmu'l-dfyt, " quod ex essentia instrumenti
sumitur "). Here als*o we have three varieties, thte soft (layyin,
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mollis "), the hard (salb, durus ") and the intermediate (" mediocrte ").
{5) Emptiness or fulness (hdlu md yahtawi 'a/ay/ii min khaldihi wa
'mtild'ihi, "quod est sumptum ex eo quod continetur "), three varieties,
the* full (mumtali\ "plenus"), the empty (khdli, "vacuus") and the
intermediate (" mediocris ").
(6) Heat or cold (harru malmasihi wa barduhu, "quod ex suo tactu
sumptum est *), three "
varieties, the hot (hdrr, calidus "), the cold
(bdrid, " frigidus ") and the intermediate (" temperatus ").
(7) The duration of the pause (zamdnu' s-sukun, "quod est sumptum
ex tempore quietis "), three varieties, the continuous (mutawdtir, also
called mutaddrik and mutakdthif, "frequens," "consequens" or "spissus"),
the differentiated (mutajdwit, also called mutardkhi and mutakhalkhil,
"rams," "lassus" or "resolutus"), and the intermediate ("mediocris").
(8) The equality or diversity of the pulse (istiwd'u'n-nabdi wa
'khtildfuhu, "quod est sumptum ex aequalitate et diversitate," "aut aequale,
aut diversum seu inaequale"), two varieties, equal (mustaw, "aequalis")
and unequal (mukhtalif, " diversus ").
,,(9) The regularity or irregularity of the pulse (an-nizdm wa ghayru'nnizdm,
" genus quod ex ordinatione et inordinatione sumptum est "),
two varieties, regularly different (mukhtalif muntazim, " diverse ordinatus")
and irregularly different (mukhtalif ghayru muntazim, "diverse
inordinatus ").
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(10) Weight, harmony or measure (wazn, " quod ex pondere est
sumptum "), which may be either good or bad, each of which comprises
three varieties.
It will thus be seen that 37 primary varieties of pulse are recognized,
bu*> there are man? secondary and composite types which it would take
too loflg to enumerate. Speaking of the latter in the first group or geniB
mentioned above Avicenna says that some only are named, such as
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al-'azim (' 'magnus") and as-saghir ("parvus"), al-ghaltz ("grossus")
and ar-raqiq (" subtilis :
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the different sorts of composite pulse which have proper na.mes, such as
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al-ghazdli ("gazellanV), a/-wazey'/("undosus "), a^-^///("vermiculosus"),
an-namli (" formicans "),>
etc. Very full treatment is accorded to the
whole subject, and in it particular is explained why the pulse is felt at
, the wrist' preferably to any other place, and what precautions should
be observed in it. feeling The remarks about the observing of the
systole ascribed by our author to Avicenna appear to be really quoted
by him from
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Galen : Galenus quoque dixit longo tempore non' fui
sollioitus ex : depressione postea vero non quievi tangendo doifec ex eo
aliquid percepi, et postea illud complevi. Nam postea portae pulsus mihi
apertae fuerunt '."
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