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Willem Einthoven

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Willem Einthoven was a Dutch physiologist who invented the string galvanometer, a highly sensitive instrument capable of recording the heart's electrical activity, and used it between 1901 and 1903 to develop clinical electrocardiography (ECG), including the standard labeling of the waveform's P, Q, R, S and T deflections still used today. He received the 1924 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery.

Facts
Birth Year
1860 1
Birth Date
1860-05-21 2
Death Year
1927 2
Death Date
1927-09-29 2
FAQs

Why was Willem Einthoven awarded the 1924 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

For discovering the mechanism of the electrocardiogram, after inventing the first practical electrocardiograph in 1895.

Einthoven was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist who invented the first practical electrocardiograph, the ECG or EKG, in 1895, building on his string galvanometer, a highly sensitive instrument able to record the heart's electrical activity. The Nobel Prize committee honored him in 1924 "for the discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram."
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Discoveries

Invention of the Electrocardiograph, Discoveries
Source Wikipedia: Electrocardiography

Specialist In

Cardiology, Medical Specialties
Source Willem Einthoven (Wikipedia)
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Willem Einthoven

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Nationality

Netherlands

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Sources
1. Wikidata: Willem Einthoven
  • Wikidata Q189488, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata P569 (w-bbfill-medicine3-0926)
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2. Willem Einthoven (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Invention of the string galvanometer; 1901-1903 clinical ECG; PQRST labeling; 1924 Nobel Prize
  • Infobox: birth_date
    May 21, 1860
  • Infobox: death_date
    September 29, 1927
  • Specialist In: Cardiology
  • In Group: Imaging, Radiation and Monitoring Instrument Inventors, Introduction, sentence 2
    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").
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Wikipedia: Electrocardiography
WikipediaDiscoveries: Invention of the ElectrocardiographView the Source
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