VIERORDT, Karl von (1818 – 1884)
1818 – 1884
4 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Unknown author Unknown author · Reinhold Scholl: Die Bildnissammlung der Universität Tübingen, 1477 bis 1927 , Verlag von K. Ad. Emil Müller, Stuttgart 1927. · Public domain
1852 CE
#867
Neue Methode der quantitativen mikroskopischen Analyse des Blutes.
Vierordt was the first to devise an exact method of enumerating the red blood corpuscles. See also his later paper: Zählungen der Blutkörperchen des Menschen, in the same volume, pp. 326-31.
1854 CE
#2759
Die bildliche Darstellung des menschlichen Arterienpulses.
Vierordt invented a sphygmograph which acted on the principle that indirect estimation of blood-pressure could be accomplished by measuring the counter-pressure necessary to obliterate the arterial pulsation. This was…
1858 CE
#775
Die Erscheinungen und Gesetze der Stromgeschwindigkeiten des Blutes.
Vierordt estimated, by means of a “hemotachometer” of his own invention, the rate of the blood flow in various arteries, and also the influence of the blood volume, pulse rate and respiratory rate upon it.
1876 CE
#696
Die quantitative Spectralanalyse in ihrer Anwendung auf Physiologie, Physik, Chemie und Technologie.
Vierordt’s spectral analyses of hemoglobin, bile and urine were of great value. He studied the variations in the spectrum of oxyhemoglobin produced by different dilutions of this substance and was thus able to e…