THE BODY'S ELECTRICITY
Minute electric currents generated the human body by the beating of ; heart are made visible by an elec--cardiograph, placed on public exlition at the Franklin Institute, ilade'lphia. Wires lead from the ap.'atus to a pair of cups attached to ! arms of a chair and containing electrical conductive solution of ne. When the hands are dipped these cups, contact is made with : registering apparatus, and the visimay sec the feeble heart currents plified and made visible in the form a pulsing shadow in a tubs which ms part of the machine. The study such currents has proved of imnse value in medical diagnosis of ny cardiac disorders.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 116, 12 November 1935, Page 3
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109THE BODY'S ELECTRICITY Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 116, 12 November 1935, Page 3
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