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. 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
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