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Author:   Arthur Hollmann
Publisher:   Springer London Ltd
Imprint:   Springer London Ltd
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.493kg
ISBN:  

9781447112372

ISBN 10:   1447112377
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   14 October 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1 Early life · Family · Education · Medical School at University College Cardiff and University College London.- 2 Graduates · House appointments at University College Hospital · Research on pulse and blood pressure · Meets Dr James Mackenzie in 1908 · Becomes editor of Heart.- 3 The electrocardiograph · Elucidates atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias · Gets his own department · Writes a mych acclaimed monograph · Meets Willem Einthoven.- 4 Appointed to the staff of UCH · Studies on the excitatory wave, bundle branch block, and ventricular hypertrophy · Research in medicine · Visit to Canada and the United State of America.- 5 The Medical Research Committee · The World War · The Soldier’s Heart and the Effort Syndrome.- 6 Department of clinical research established · Atrial fibrillation and the circus movement · Mechanism and Graphic Registration of the Heart Beat · Experimental and clinical studies with quinidine.- 7 Visits Einthoven in Leiden · Endocariditis research · Congenital heart disease · Visit to the United States of America.- 8 War injuries used as research models · The triple reponse of the skin to injury, the H substance · Monograph on blood vessels of the human skin · Physiology and medicine · Third edition of The Mechanism · Nobel Prize for Einthoven · Death of Mackenzie · Controversy over dog experiments.- 9 Has a myocardial infarction · The Harvey Film · Royal Medal of the Royal Society · Disagreement with W.H. Craib · Presentation volume from his associates.- 10 Clinical Science.- 11 Cold and the skin · Cold urticaria and haemoglobinuria · Acrocyanosis · Raynaud’s disease.- 12 Intermittent claudication · Factor P. Angina pectoris · Erythralgia · A visit to the United State of America in 1931 · R.T.Grant’s 1000 patient follow up study.- 13 Diseases of the Heart · The Harveian Oration · Completion of eight years’ work on the peripheral circulation · The last volume of Heart · Vascular Disorders of the LImbs · A second myocardial infarction.- 14 Studies of pain · The nocifensor system of nerves · Double pain response in the skin · Referred pain and tenderness.- 15 The cardiographic Department and the Department of Clinical Research · Hospital duties and teaching.- 16 Marriage · Family life · Holidays · Hobbies.- 17 The war years · Effors syndrome · Llandough Hospital · Monograph on Pain · Views on digitalis · Copley Medal · Final illness and death.- Appendices.- References.

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