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Willem Einthoven was a Dutch physiologist who made important contributions to medical science. His work matters because it helped advance the field of physiology and our understanding of how the human body works.
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- Born
- 1860
- Died
- 1927
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Über die Bewegungen des Pharynx
- Das Saitengalvenometer und die Messung der Aktionsströme des Herzens
- Stereoscopie door kleurverschil
- "On the theory of Lippmann's capillary electrometer"
- Selected papers on electrocardiography of Willem Einthoven
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- The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
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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").
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1860 births1927 deaths19th-century Dutch inventorsAcademic staff of Leiden UniversityCommons link from WikidataDutch Nobel laureatesDutch people of Jewish descentDutch people of Swiss descentDutch people of the Dutch East IndiesDutch physiologistsElectrophysiologistsForeign members of the Royal Society