Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2149

SIR JAMES MACKENZIE (1853-1925) The study of the pulse. Young J. Pentland 1902 xx [2] 325 pp., 335 illus. 22.8 cm.

Mackenzie was born in Scotland and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He entered general practice in Burnley, Lancashire and remained there for more than twenty-five years before moving to London in late 1907 in order to obtain greater opportunities for his clinical research. Mackenzie became interested in cardiac arrhythmias early in his career and developed the well-known Mackenzie Ink Polygraph to assist him with his studies. This work was the first scientific treatise on irregularities of the pulse and established Mackenzie's reputation as one of the leading heart specialists of the day. He describes and depicts his clinical polygraph, fully explores the nature of the pulse and concentrates on the clinical significance of the pulse in diagnosing irregularities of the heart.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 2812; Waller 6118