HEART BEATS BY WIRELESS.

Te Aroha News, Volume XLI, Issue 6601, 19 May 1925, Page 2

HEART BEATS BY WIRELESS.

The heart beats of three men were sent a mile by telephone to the 8.8. C. studio at Cardiff recently, and broadcasted from there to doctors, in an experiment to discover whether it might be possible for a doctor to diagnose the illness of a patient by wireless (says the Daily Express). One of the men whose heart beats were broadcast was in perfect health but the other two suffer from heart disease. A special microphone was strapped over the heart of each patient, and each microphone was connected to a 12-valve amplifier. The sounds were weak, at first, said one of the doctors, but after increased amplification it became possible for us to tell what was wrong with the hearts by the different beats. The heart beats in the case of the young man upon whom we first experimented were not at all' times distinguishable, but with the man suffering from heart disease the results were good.