Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Willem Einthoven (21 May 1860 – 29 September 1927) was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph (ECG or EKG) in 1895 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1924 for it ("for the discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram").
Willem Einthoven Franciscus Stephanus Petrus (Frans) van Buchem (30 November 1897 – 1 August 1979) was a Dutch physician and professor , known for the discovery of Van Buchem disease , which was named after him.
Willem van der Vlugt: 1903 Hendrik Barend Greven: 1903–1904 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes: 1904–1905 Jan van Leeuwen: 1905–1906 Willem Einthoven: 1906–1907 Willem Nolen: 1907–1908 Jacobus Johannes Hartman: 1908–1909 Jacob Verdam: 1909–1910 Jan Cornelis Kluijver: 1910–1911 Petrus Johannes Blok: 1911–1912 Fredrik Pijper: 1912–1913 ...
Willem Einthoven (1860–1927) Netherlands "for the discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram" [29] 1925 Not awarded: 1926 Johannes Fibiger (1867–1928) Denmark "for his discovery of the Spiroptera carcinoma" [10] 1927 Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857–1940) Austria
From 1906, he corresponded with the Dutch physiologist Willem Einthoven concerning the latter's invention of the string galvanometer and electrocardiography, and Lewis pioneered its use in clinical settings. Accordingly, Lewis is considered the "father of clinical cardiac electrophysiology".
Einthoven is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Louis Einthoven (1896–1979), Dutch lawyer; Willem Einthoven (1860–1927), German physiologist
Dutch physiologist Willem Einthoven developed the string galvanometer in the early 20th century, publishing the first registration of its use to record an electrocardiogram in a Festschrift book in 1902. The first human electrocardiogram was recorded in 1887, however only in 1901 was a quantifiable result obtained from the string galvanometer.
Jan Rijp (c. 1570–c. 1613), saved remainder of Willem Barentsz's crew in 1597; Jakob Roggeveen (1659–1729), First European to reach Easter Island Easter 1722; Willem Schouten (1567–1625), Cape Horn, 1616 circumnavigation; Simon van der Stel (1639–1702), explored South Africa North and East of Cape Town