Volume 1

A text-book of human physiology : including histology and microscopical anatomy with special reference to the requirements of practical medicine / by L. Landois ; translated from the seventh German edition with additions by William Stirling.

  • Landois, L. (Leonard), 1837-1902. Lehrbuch der Physiologie des Menschen. English
Date:
1891
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    artery by means of the milled head, L. This must be determined for each pulse, but the rule is to graduate the pressure until the greatest amplitude of-movement of the lever is obtained. Set the clock-work going, and a tracing is obtained, which must be '-fixed by dipping it iii Fig. 87. Ludwig's sphygmograph. a rapidly drying varnish, e.g., photographic. In every case scratch on the tracing with a needle the name, date, and amount of pressure employed.] [(5) Dudgeon's Sphygmograph.—This is a convenient form of sphygmograph, although Fig. 88. Scheme of Brondgeest's sphygmograph. S S', receiving and recording (S, S') tambours with writing levers, Z and Z'; K, K', conducting tubes: p, over heart, p', over a distant artery. Broadbent and Roy regard its results as untrustworthy. The instrument after being carefully adjusted upon the radial artery is kept in position by an inelastic strap. The pressure of the
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