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ARTICLE | January 18, 1919

A PULSE RATE STANDARD FOR RECRUITS

THOMAS ADDIS, M.D. (San Francisco)
JAMA. 1919;72(3):181-185. doi:10.1001/jama.1919.02610030027010.
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During routine work on the cardiovascular board at Camp Lewis, many recruits were seen who complained of symptoms suggestive of circulatory disorder, although no indication of any cardiovascular defect was obtained by the methods of inspection, palpation, percussion or auscultation. In this group of cases a functional test might be expected to help in the determination of the existence and of the grade of true circulatory disability. The regulations as to the examinations of recruits provide such a test. It is based on the changes in pulse rate induced by alteration in the position of the body and by exercise. The pulse rate is taken with the subject standing. He is then directed to lie down and the rate is again counted; thereafter he hops 100 times on the left foot, and the pulse rate is counted immediately and two minutes after this exercise with the recruit in the recumbent

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