HISTORY OF THE ARTERIAL PULSE
HISTORY OF ARTERIAL PULSE Taking pulse allows health practitioners to find out what the patient s heart rate is and to assess the strength, regularity, and character of the pulse. Irregularities might indicate a heart problem and must be investigated. The History of arterial pulse shows a transition from random assumptions in ancient times which got improved in the Medieval times of medicine to more accurate and detailed information in Modern medicine. In general, there were improvements as the years passed by and thus future discoveries assure us of more accurate and detailed scientific findings. In Ancient times physicians s diagnosis and prognosis were poorly carried out mainly based on beliefs rather than evidence and experiment, for instance Abu Ali s diagnosis of disease and determination of cure was done relating patient s pulse to districts and locations as well relating diagnosis to emotions such as love and c...
