But yet if there be any that wold know them in lib. Pantegni Conſtant. Chap. 3. He ſhall finde them declared cléerelye and expreſly at the full: out of ye booke we drawe what we expreſſe of this matter. There it is diſputed largely of the pulſe, Caprizante, Marcellino, Cerino, Neruiculoſo, Formidante, Eſtuante, & Tremente: Of the which we will not treate at this time. For that the matter is hard, and alſo for many ſingular pulſes. And alſo for yt it ſeemeth not greatly néedfull to this treatiſe.
¶Of the diuerſitie of pulſes, Chap. 24.
THE pulſes[1] varie in many things: Firſt for diuerſitie of male & female. For in males that be of ſtronger kinde, the pulſe is ſtronger then in femals, that are féebler of kinde. And yt is becauſe kind in females vſeth oft to smite twice to fulfill in females, that he doth in males with a ſtrong pulſe at once. Alſo the pulſe varieth by complection, for if it be hot, it maketh the pulſe the ſtronger, the more, and the ſwifter. And if it bée cold, it maketh ye pulſe litle, feeble & ſlow. But if it be moiſt, it maketh the pulſe ſoft and thicke. If it be drie, the pulſe is ſharpe and hard. Alſo the pulſe varyeth becauſe of diuerſe diſpoſitions in the bodie. For the pulſe is more ſtrong & liuely in leane men then in fat. And one cauſe is, that the ſoft fleſh hideth leſſe the vaines: or elſe becauſe kindly heate is more in leane men then in fat, ſtronger heate maketh ſtronger pulſe. Alſo the pulſe changeth, & varieth for diuerſitie and chaunge of age. For children haue ſwifter pulſes then old men to coole and ſlake the kindly heate. For in children, heate is ſtronger then in olde men: For the greatneſſe of heat maketh the ſwiftneſſe of the pulſe, and the féebleneſſe of the vertue that ſufficeth not at full to drawe colde aires at once, as it is ſayd afore. Younglings through the aboundaunt vertue in them, haue ſtrong pulſes and ſwift. But olde men contrarywiſe haue the pulſe little, feeble, ſlowe, and thin. And that becauſe the complection of them is more colde: and therefore it neede not to drawe ſo much cold aire to the cooling of the heart: In other ages, as they bee néere young or olde, ſo the pulſes be more like, both in males, and in females Alſo through the chaunging of time. For in the ſpring time, through temporaunce of colde and heate the pulſe is ſtrong: and in harueſt likewiſe. For al temporance eaſeth and helpeth the vertue of kinde. And foraſmuch as Summer is hotteſt, it maketh ye pulſe féeble and lyttle, and that through the greate opening of the breaſt, and of the pores. For by reaſon of ſuch opening, the vertue vaniſheth and is féeble. And therefore the pulſe yt is féebled may not be great. In winter bcauſe it is cold, the pulſe is ſlowe, but yet it is verye ſtrong. The ſlowneſſe commeth by reaſon that it néedeth not to haue great cooling. It is ſtrong by reaſon the kinde heate gathereth into the inner partes of the body, wherby it comforteth the pulſe, when the heate is not exceeding: But the Summer heate ſuppreſſeth eyther. Alſo by reaſon of diuerse climates and Countryes, for they that dwell in hotte Countries, as in Aethiopia, haue ſwift pulſes, as it were in Summer: And they that dwell in cold Countryes haue pulſes like the winter pulſe. But they that dwell vnder the line of the euenneſſe of daie and night, haue meane pulſes, as it were in Spring time or Harueſt. Likewiſe hot ayre, colde, drie, or temperate, varie and chaunge the pulſe. Alſo in women that goe with children the pulſe is variable and chaungeable. For from the beginning to the ſixte moneth, the pulſe is ſtrong, thicke, and ſwifte. For the heate of the childe, helpeth the kinde heate of the woman: and the ſtrength of the woman is a meane enen to that time: and the childe is yet but lyttle, and draweth but lyttle féeding of her bodye: and therefore the pulſe is yet temporate. In the ſeuenth month the childe is waxed more, and therefore it néedeth more féeding. Whereby the kinde is grieued, and ſo the pulſe is féebled. Alſo for the chaunging of ſléeping and of waking.
- ↑ Pulſatilis Venæ
