Willem Einthoven

Nobel Laureates in Science
Physicians and Medical Pioneers

Willem Einthoven was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist. In 1895, he invented the first practical electrocardiograph, also called an ECG or EKG. He received the 1924 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram.

Occupation: Medical doctor and physiologist
Invention: First practical electrocardiograph, in 1895
Award: 1924 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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