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a Dutch doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph (ECG or EKG) in 1895 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1924 for it
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Born
21 May 1860 Semarang, Dutch East Indies
Died
29 September 1927 (aged 67) Leiden, Netherlands
Nationality
Dutch
Known for
First practical electrocardiogram machine Clinical electrocardiography Einthoven's triangle
Fields
Physiology
Alma mater
University of Utrecht
Awards
Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1924
Institutions
University of Leiden
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Netherlands
era
1800+