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The device was a system of levers hooked to a scale-pan in which weights were placed to determine the amount of external pressure needed to stop blood flow in the
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published a description of a modified sphygmograph. This modified version made the sphygmograph quantitative, so that it was able to measure
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The sphygmograph : its history and use as an aid to diagnosis in ordinary practice (1882).
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in the mid-19th century. It was developed in 1854 by German
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A sphygmograph, probably of Etienne-Jules Marey's design
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/ˈsfɪɡməˌɡræf,ˌɡrɑːf/
SFIG-mə-graf
blood pressure
physiologist
Karl von Vierordt
radial artery
blood pressure cuff
Étienne-Jules Marey
pulse waves
Frederick Akbar Mahomed
arterial blood pressure
Samuel von Basch
sphygmomanometer
Scipione Riva-Rocci
Harvey Williams Cushing
Heinrich von Recklinghausen
"Sphygmograph"
Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary
"Sphygmograph"
Dictionary.com Unabridged
The sphygmograph : its history and use as an aid to diagnosis in ordinary practice (1882).
Drawing of Vierordt's Sphygmograph.
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