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On methods of studying blood pressure.

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Izvest. imp. voyenno-med. Akad. St. Petersburg, 11, 365. 1905 CE.

Korotkov introduced the modern method of applying the stethoscope to the brachial artery during blood-pressure examination with Riva-Rocci’s sphygmomanometer, for the purpose of investigating the sounds made by the blood after release of the air-pressure cuff. For an English translation of the paper see Bull. N. Y. Acad. Med.,1941, 17,877-79.

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