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Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Author : Edgar Holden
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 14,18 MB
Release : 2023-12-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3368847201
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Author : Edgar HOLDEN
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Page : 40 pages
File Size : 49,40 MB
Release : 1871
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Author : Sir John Scott Burdon Sanderson
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Page : 112 pages
File Size : 44,19 MB
Release : 1867
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Author : Sir John Scott Burdon SANDERSON
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Page : 110 pages
File Size : 46,37 MB
Release : 1867
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Author : Graham Steell
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Page : 68 pages
File Size : 33,62 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Pulse
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Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 11,54 MB
Release : 1892
Category : Incunabula
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"Collection of incunabula and early medical prints in the library of the Surgeon-general's office, U.S. Army": Ser. 3, v. 10, p. 1415-1436.
Author : Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (U.S.)
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Page : 1042 pages
File Size : 37,91 MB
Release : 1892
Category : Medical libraries
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Author : William Aitken
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Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 33,89 MB
Release : 1872
Category : Medical geography
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Page : 1034 pages
File Size : 24,26 MB
Release : 1892
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Author : Sandra W. Moss MA MD
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 12,94 MB
Release : 2018-03-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1543463592
The sphygmograph was one of the promising instruments of precision that captured the imagination of mid- and late-nineteenth-century physicians eager to plumb the secrets of the circulatory system. Literally a pulse writer, the sphygmograph allowed physicians to study a permanent record (sphygmogram) of the contours and rhythms of the pulse wave. The early masters of the sphygmograph were hopeful that images of the pulse at the wrist could reveal much about the action of the heart and major blood vessels that would prove useful in research and practice. Although the sphygmograph proved to be a frustrating instrument and its pulse recordings confusing, it prepared early twentieth-century physicians to embrace more reliable technologies, such as the sphygmomanometer (blood pressure cuff) and the electrocardiograph. This book traces the European invention, development, and application of the sphygmograph before turning to a detailed study of the novel instruments and clinical investigations of three heretofore unremarked American sphygmograph men and the role of the sphygmograph in American medical practice, most notably in the hands of Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi. A final chapter examines the pervasive problems of the sphygmograph in the context of recent literature on apparent failures of technology.