Electrocardiograph Tracing

Description:

Electrocardiographs measure the small electrical currents generated by beating hearts. Willem Einthoven, a Dutch physiologist, invented an electrocardiograph—which he termed a string galvanometer—in 1901. The first electrocardiograph in the United States was the commercial model that Alfred E. Cohn (1879-1957), a young American cardiologist, acquired in London, installed at Mt. Sinai Hospital New York, and used to make these tracings in 1910-1911.

Ref: “Alfred Cohn Dies; Cardiologist, 78,” New York Times (July 23, 1957), p. 25.

Location: Currently not on view

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2012.0165.172.05Catalog Number: 2012.0165.172.05Accession Number: 2012.0165

Object Name: tracing, ekg

Measurements: overall: 2 5/8 in x 23 in x 1/8 in; 6.6675 cm x 58.42 cm x .3175 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-be7d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1435294

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