The physician's pulse-watch
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Title
The physician's pulse-watch
Subject
Excerpts
Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734
Medicine, Chinese
Description
English physician Sir John Floyer invented a watch to measure the rate of the pulse and here translates some relevant portions of the Specimen medicinae Sinicae("The Chinese art of Feeling the Pulse is describ'd; and the Imitation of their Practice of Physick, which is grounded on the Observation of the Pulse, is recommended”) into English.
Abstract
Excerpt of Sir John Floyer's The physician's pulse-watch ; or, an essay to explain the old art of feeling the pulse…, which translates a portion of the Specimen medicinae Sinicae into English
Creator
Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734
Date Created
1707-1710
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Harvard Medical Library Rare Books Collection (RC74.F66 c. 2, v. 1)
Format
text
Extent
excerpt (1 page)
Language
English
Type
text
Identifier
DigID0002533
Provenance
Gift of Dr. Paul Dudley White to the Harvard Medical School Library, 1963
Files
Collection
Citation
Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734, “The physician's pulse-watch,” OnView, accessed May 9, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/12605.