Willem Einthoven (1860–1927) Father of electrocardiography Life and work, ancestors and contemporaries
This is the first book on Einthoven in the English language; two earlier extensive reviews of his life and work were published in Dutch by his former co workers Hoogerwerf and de Waart, in 1946 and 1957 respectively; the latter provides a brief summary in English; the former also wrote a succinct a...
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1995, 1995
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1995 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 (1860–1885) Willem Einthoven’s ancestors. Early childhood at Semarang; school-days and medical training at Utrecht
- 2 (1886–1900) Scientific orientation and self-study at Leiden. Gradual concentration on electrophysiology in particular of the heart, using Lippmann’s capillary electrometer
- 3 (1901–1915) The string galvanometer and its applications; development of electrocardiography
- 4 (1916–1927) Ultimate improvement of the string galvanometer; its achievements and limitations. Einthoven’s American lecture tour and Nobel Prize. Survey of electrocardiography completed during final illness
- 5 Willem Einthoven and his relatives, friends and personally acquainted scientists. Part I: Selected Dutch correspondence: Donders, Bosscha, Lorentz, Julius, Wenckebach, de Vogel, W.F. Einthoven, de Waart
- 6 Willem Einthoven’s correspondence with personally acquainted colleagues. Part II: Selected correspondence in English and German: Fahr, Waller, Lewis, Wilson, Samojloff, A.V. Hill, Wiggers. Review of their papers on Einthoven
- 7 Additional evaluations of Einthoven’s work (by not personally acquainted authors) including Johansson (chairman Nobel Prize Committee) together with comments on Klaus and Nicolai; furthermore Burch and De Pasquale; Katz and Hellerstein; Shapiro; Cooper (Sections 1 and 4–7). Some correspondence and arrangements concerning production of the string galvanometer in particular with Edelmann and Ebert together with a comparison of Einthoven’s work to that of Ader (Sections 2 and 3)
- Concluding remarks
- References