PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - DANIEL NICHOLSON TI - THE EFFECT OF ATROPIN ON THE PULSE RATE DP - 1926 Jul 01 TA - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics PG - 77--79 VI - 28 IP - 1 4099 - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/28/1/77.short 4100 - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/28/1/77.full SO - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1926 Jul 01; 28 AB - In a series of 62 normal medical students the injection of 1/33 grain of atropin caused an increase in pulse rate ranging from 5 to 89 with an average increase of 39.31 per minute in 61 of them. Only 2 showed an increase of pulse rate less than 15 following the injection, one showing a decrease in pulse rate of 12.