see your pulse
There are a couple of spots on your wrists where you can feel
your pulse by lightly pressing your thumb against your skin.
There is also a way to see your pulse. Push a thumb tack into
one end of a wooden match stick. The length of the matchstick
is in line with the shaft of the thumb tack. Rest your hand
and arm on a counter or table top to steady your wrist. Put
the thumb tack, shaft up on the spot on your wrist where you
can feel your pulse. The end of the match stick will tip back
and forth every time your heart beats.
Or instead of using a match stick use a plastic bag twist tie.
Wrap one end of the twist tie around the shaft of the thumb
tack. The length of the twist tie is then lined up with the
shaft of the thumb tack. Instead of a thumb tack, about a half
stick of well chewed gum can be used to hold a tooth pick
upright.