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Electrocardiograph Tracing

Object Details

Description
G. Canby Robinson (1878-1960) and George Draper (1880-1959), young physicians affiliated with the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York, used an early electrocardiograph to study the action of the vagus nerve on the human heart. This tracing represents their work.
Ref: G. C. Robinson and G. Draper, “Effect of Mechanical Stimulation of the Vagus Nerve,” Journal of Experimental Medicine 14 (1911): 217.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Measurements
overall: 5 3/4 in x 24 in x 1/8 in; 14.605 cm x 60.96 cm x .3175 cm
Object Name
tracing, ekg
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