University of Minnesota
http://www.umn.edu/
612-625-5000
Menu

Telecardiogram written by Willem Einthoven

Time Period: 1906

Telecardiogram written by Willem Einthoven

Photocopy of a face page of article on the telecardiogram written by Willem Einthoven in a Dutch journal in 1906, describing how he transmitted an electrocardiogram from patients in the hospital to his laboratory a kilometer away.

Credits/References

Blackburn, H. Translation of The Telecardiogram, article by W. Einthoven.
American Heart Journal
Volume 53, Issue 4, April 1957, Pages 602-615