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  • noun Dutch physiologist who devised the first electrocardiograph (1860-1927)

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Examples

  • This machine is known as the Einthoven 'string galvanometer,' invented by that famous Dutch physiologist of

    The Dream Doctor 1908

  • Dr. Snyder let him use his Einthoven string galvanometer with which

    Haldan K. Hartline - Biography 1972

  • His father was Jacob Einthoven, born and educated in

    Willem Einthoven - Biography 1965

  • Although it has been superseded by portable types and by models utilizing amplification techniques used in radio communication (Einthoven has always mistrusted the use of condensers, fearing the distortion of curves), cardiograms from the string galvanometer have remained the standard of reference in numerous cases to this day.

    Willem Einthoven - Biography 1965

  • This investigation led Einthoven to intensify his research.

    Willem Einthoven - Biography 1965

  • Einthoven possessed the gift of being able to devote himself entirely to a particular field of study.

    Willem Einthoven - Biography 1965

  • Einthoven was a member of the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences, the meetings of which he hardly ever missed.

    Willem Einthoven - Biography 1965

  • Einthoven married in 1886 Frédérique Jeanne Louise de

    Willem Einthoven - Biography 1965

  • For this, suffering mankind has much to owe to Einthoven.

    Willem Einthoven - Biography 1965

  • The first was carried out after Einthoven had gained his "candidaat" diploma (approximately equivalent to the B.Sc. degree), under the direction of the anatomist W. Koster, and was entitled "Quelques remarques sur le mécanisme de l'articulation du coude" (Some remarks on the elbow joint).

    Willem Einthoven - Biography 1965

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