Willem Einthoven
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Willem Einthoven (21 May 1860 – 29 September 1927) was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph (ECG or EKG) in 1895 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1924 for it ("for the discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram").[1]
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Willem Einthoven | |
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Born | (1860-05-21)21 May 1860 |
Died | 29 September 1927(1927-09-29) (aged 67) |
Nationality | Dutch |
Alma mater | University of Utrecht |
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Awards | Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1924 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physiology |
Institutions | University of Leiden |
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