Oct 20, 2009 - Sale 2190

Sale 2190 - Lot 199

Price Realized: $ 570
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Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
WENCKEBACH, KAREL FREDERIK. Arhythmia [sic] of the Heart: A Physiological and Clinical Study. 7 folding plates of polygraph tracings. Large 8vo, original cloth, spine ends worn; free endpapers browned. Contemporary signatures of John Parkinson. Edinburgh, 1904

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first edition in english; the original version in German was published the preceding year. "Wenckebach, a Dutch physician, was a friend of Einthoven and Mackenzie, and his pioneer work on the arrhythmias was done like Mackenzie's with the polygraph before the advent of the clinical electrocardiograph. He was the first to recognize extrasystoles in man and 'Wenckebach's periods' in partial heart-block"--Bedford 523 (this edition). Norman 2201 (original edition).