Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

Writing the pulse: The origins and career of the sphygmograph and its American masters.

No place identified: Xlibris.com, 2018.

"The definitive history of a technology that was used in research and practice in Europe and America beginning with the invention of the sphygmograph by German physiologist Karl Vierordt in 1854" (W. Bruce Fye).

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Cardiology & Blood
Instruments & Devices

Subjects

CARDIOLOGY › History of Cardiology CARDIOLOGY › Tests for Heart & Circulatory Function › Sphygmogram INSTRUMENTS & TECHNOLOGIES › Medical Instruments › Sphygmomanometer

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#12362
Permanent Link	https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/14586
External URL	writing-the-pulse-the-origins-and-career-of-the-sphygmograph-and-its-american-masters