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The Glass Recordings of Willem Einthoven

A Selection of Electrocardiographic and other Registrations made in the Years 1894 - 1931

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Authors:
  1. Norbert M. van Hemel

    1. Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  2. Pascal F.H.M. van Dessel

    1. Medisch Spectrum Twente, Thoraxcentrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

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  3. Jacques M.T. de Bakker

    1. Department of Medical Physiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  • Unique selection of (ECG) recordings made by Willem Einthoven

  • Demonstrates the development of ECG as diagnostic instrument

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About this book

Besides a short survey of the life and work of Willem Einthoven, this book contains a selection of the most appealing recordings and demonstrates the significance of his scientific explorations.

“I want to know” was Willem Einthoven’s usual answer when congratulated on the success of his new scientific achievements. With the development of the string galvanometer, he became the founder of electrocardiography, which today remains the most popular and cost-effective tool for obtaining heart related data. The wide range  of experimental studies conducted by Einthoven and his fellows in the fields of (amongst others), eye function, the nervous system, vagal nerves and respiration  led to the award of the Nobel Prize on Physiology and Medicine.

The results of his experiments and electrocardiographic recordings of patients from 1886 to 1927 were registered on hundreds of “glass negatives”. These have remained stored in the Boerhaave State Museum, Leiden. Now, for the first time these recordings have been carefully analyzed and considered in their historical context. The remaining recordings can be seen on ‘www.rijksmuseumboerhaave.nl’.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Norbert M. van Hemel

  • Medisch Spectrum Twente, Thoraxcentrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Pascal F.H.M. van Dessel

  • Department of Medical Physiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Jacques M.T. de Bakker

About the authors

Prof. Dr. Norbert M. van Hemel

Prof. Em. Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht

Former staff member, Department of Cardiology, St Antonius Hospital, Utrecht, Nieuwegein


 Dr. Pascal F.H.M. van Dessel, cardiologist

Thoraxcentrum Twente, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede


Prof. Dr. Jacques M.T. de Bakker, medical engineer

Prof. Em,. Department of Experimental Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center

Department of Medical Physiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Glass Recordings of Willem Einthoven

  • Book Subtitle: A Selection of Electrocardiographic and other Registrations made in the Years 1894 - 1931

  • Authors: Norbert M. van Hemel, Pascal F.H.M. van Dessel, Jacques M.T. de Bakker

  • Publisher: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum Houten

  • Copyright Information: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum is een imprint van Springer Media B.V., onderdeel van Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-368-2327-2Published: 15 April 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 164

  • Topics: Cardiology, History, general

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