Stephen Hales
British scientist (1677-1761) · Sweden · Scientists · Died at 83
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Something wrong?Stephen Hales was an English clergyman who made major contributions to a range of scientific fields including botany, pneumatic chemistry and physiology. He was the first person to measure blood pressure.
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Monument for Stephen Hales at St Mary's church, Teddington
From Vegetable Staticks, opposite page 262
Image of a Ventilation Bellows devised by Stephen Hales
Description du ventilateur (French edition of Description of ventilators), 1744
Audience Given by the Trustees of Georgia to a Delegation of Creek Indians. Hales is shown standing on the extreme left behind a chair.Awards
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Stephen Hales was an English clergyman who made major contributions to a range of scientific fields including botany, pneumatic chemistry and physiology. He was the first person to measure blood pressure. He also invented several devices, including a ventilator, a pneumatic trough and a surgical forceps for the removal of bladder stones. In addition to these achievements, he was a philanthropist and wrote a popular tract on alcoholic intemperance.
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