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In modern times we use "Beats Per Minute" to measure heart rate and determine if it's higher or lower than normal. In the Greco-Roman world did they use a similar system to measure heart rate (i.e. beats per some unit of time) or did they rely on intuition for whether it felt too fast or slow?

by /u/wx_bombadil in /r/AskHistorians

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