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Willem Einthoven

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Willem Einthoven
Willem Einthoven in 1906
Born21 Mey 1860(1860-05-21)
Semarang, Dutch East Indies
Dee'd29 September 1927(1927-09-29) (aged 67)
Leiden, Netherlands
NaitionalityDutch
Alma materVarsity o Utrecht
Kent forElectrocardiogram
AwairdsNobel Prize in Medicine in 1924
Scientific career
FieldsPheesiology
InstitutionsVarsity o Leiden

Willem Einthoven (21 Mey 1860 – 29 September 1927) wis a Dutch doctor an pheesiologist. He inventit the first practical electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) in 1903 an received the Nobel Prize in Pheesiology or Medicine in 1924 for it ("for the diskivery o the mechanism o the electrocardiogram").[1]

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  1. "Willem Einthoven". IEEE Global History Network. IEEE. Archived frae the original on 7 Julie 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2011.