Willem Einthoven
Dutch physiologist
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Updated 2026-05-29
Dutch physiologist who wired the heart—literally. Invented the electrocardiograph in 1895 and collected a Nobel Prize in 1924 for letting doctors read electrical signals off the chest.
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Willem Einthoven was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph in 1895 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1924 for it.
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