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FRANK, Otto (1865 – 1944)

1865 – 1944

3 entries in the GMN corpus.

1895 CE

#12284

Zur Dynamik des Herzmuskels.

"In his postdoctoral work (Habilitationsschrift) Frank investigated the isometric and isotonic contractile behaviour of the heart and it is this work that he is best known for. Frank's work on this topic preceded that…

1899 CE

#12286

Die Grundform des arteriellen Pulses.

"The First Mathematical Description of the Pressure-Volume Diagram "Not until 60 years after 1899 Otto Frank's mathematical formulation of the volume-pressure diagram and his concept of the mechanism of the cardiac wo…

1904 CE

#843

Die unmittelbare Registrierung der Herztöne.

Frank obtained the first perfect pulse curves with special manometers, the so-called “Frank capsules”.