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Police Beat Batter
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To explore "the pulse" of ideas in PULSE, our imPULSE is to link Pulse with Push (Latin pallere). Next we refer to Police which may be "pushy". In Spanish, "Pulso", "Pulsar", "Pulsera" point toward linkages of "pulse" with "to finger" (stroking) and "wrist bracelet".
   
(Clouet) A Lady in her Bath -  Louvre Museum (Marguerite) La mauvaise nouvelle - Louvre Museum
Bracelet Pulsera

Pulse, beat and strike include ideas similar to those in batter, battle and stroke or apoplexy. Another point is that stroking may also be affectionate as in "pulsar" which in Spanish may imply "finger stroking" or petting a beloved to "pulsate", reverberate or quiver and relatedly to induce accelerated arterial pulsations.

   
(Soutman) Catharina Both van der Eem - Rijks Museum (Rembrandt) The Jewish Bride - Rijks Museum
Pulsera and the Ring are anular. Brace and Bracelets embrace.

The beating heart is the cause of arterial pulses. Pulse reflects the impulse of a blood wave impelled by the contraction of the heart that pushes and lifts the walls of an artery. A hard pulse may be a sign of arterial hypertension and be a prodrome (pre run, forecast or forerunner) of APOplexy which refers to a blow to the brain, most often caused by oxygen deprivation of cerebral tissues.

 
(Steen) The Sick Woman - Rijks Museum
Pulsating Pulse

Ancients believed that "arteries" carried "air", which is in part accurate since arterial blood transports air oxygen.

To avoid being PELted by critics, I felt comPELled and imPELled to exPEL and rePEL any temptation to continue. Instead, please note the links for pulse, beat, and battle and other related links such as pelt, pill, pharmacy, apothecary and stroke or apoplexy and strike.


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