Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1857

KARL VON VIERORDT (1818-1884) Die Erscheinungen und Gesetze der Stromgeschwindigkeiten des Blutes. Meidinger 1858 viii, 208 pp., illus., 2 fold. plates. 22.2 cm.

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Vierordt invented a hemotachometer by which he was able to measure the velocity of bloodflow in various arteries. In this work he describes the invention and correlates his measurements with blood volume, pulse, and respiratory rates.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 775