Twentieth-Century Science. Chemistry: Decade by Decade (Arthur Greenberg)

Science in the twentieth century

implied that he used pulse tracings to "interpret the blood pressure" which is certainly not the case. He thought, as late as 1908, that "the trained finger" was better than sphygmography in estimating blood pressure. Apart from this, and the failure to mention Thomas Young as the inventor of the kymograph (although he seems never to have used one) many years before Ludwig, no comment is needed...

Medical Science in the Twentieth Century †

I deem it a signal honour to have been asked to give this address during the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of your renowned Medical School, particularly as such emphasis is being given in your ceremonies to historical matters for, as you know, I have no claim whatever to be considered a medical historian. My only qualifications to talk on this matter are that I have sp...

Life science in the twentieth century

Progress over a decade, a century, a millennium.

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