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Le sphygmomètre; instrument qui traduit à l’oeil toute l’action des artères.

Publication Details

Paris: Crochard, 1834 CE.

Hérisson invented an instrument for recording blood pressure. Translated into English as The sphygmometer, an instrument which renders the action of the arteries apparent to the eye. A memoir... with an improvement of the instrument and prefatory remarks by the translator, E.S. Blundell. London: Longman, Rees, 1835. Digital facsimile of the translation from Google Books at this link.

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Entry Number#2748.2
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/4630
External URLle-sphygmomtre-instrument-qui-traduit-loeil-toute-laction-des-artres

Geographic Context

Publication place: Paris

Mentioned in annotation: London