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Sphygmograph, London, England, 1900-1910
Gibson’s Clinical Polygraph was a more complex variation on the standard sphygmograph. A sphygmograph displays the pulse beat visually by recording the movement of the pulse on paper. Gibson’s Clinical Polygraph is powered by a clockwork mechanism. It let a physician simultaneously record the so-called apex beat (the actual rate of heart beat) with their respiration rate (the number of breaths the…
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- Science Museum, London
Subject
- sphygmograph
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- sphygmograph
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- Credit: Science Museum, London
Source
- L0065608
Identifier
- L0065608
- Science Museum A651818
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- United Kingdom
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First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T12:12:20.938Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T12:12:20.938Z