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December 10, 1924

Electrocardiogram Wins for Developer

Dutch physiologist Willem Einthoven has won the Nobel Prize in medicine for his invention of the electrocardiogram.

In the early 1900's, Einthoven constructed an electrocardiograph that was sufficiently sensitive and reliable to detect and record accurately the variations in electrical impulses associated with the human heartbeat.  Then he used the recording, or electrocardiogram, for diagnosing various types of heart disease.  Einthoven's electrocardiograph, which weighed more than 600 pounds, was simplified.  Then it was manufactured in quantity and sent to different parts of the world.

The Nobel Committee did not distribute the Peace Prize nor the prize in chemistry.  The Polish writer Vladislav Stanislas Reymond was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.