Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: cardiologist

  • Paul Wood: In memoriam

    George DuneaChicago, Illinois, United States Dr. Paul Wood, the greatest British cardiologist of his time, died in London on July 13, 1962—half a century ago.1 Born in 1907, he went to school in Australia, took his internship in New Zealand, and after a stint as cardiologist in London, served with distinction in World War II.…

  • Sir Thomas Lewis: The promise of electrocardiography

    In republishing an account of clinical electrocardiography, I do so from conviction that this method of examination is essential to the modern study of heart disease. When some twenty-seven years ago I began to study disorders of the heart with the aid of the “string galvanometer” the method was in its early infancy and unknown…