RT Journal
T1 APplied electrocardiography
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1929
FD December 1
VO 38
IS 6
SP 1348
OP 1348
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930120226021
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930120226021
AB Electrocardiography is not merely a contribution to laboratory physiology; it is a valuable practical method of the diagnosis of heart disease. It ranks well in importance with the roentgen ray and the sphygmomanometer. The practitioner is inclined to look on the electrocardiograph as a mysterious machine which makes mysterious curves of only academic importance. As a matter of fact, the clinician can obtain much practical help from it in the diagnosis of circulatory diseases and rheumatism. He will, therefore, do well to familiarize himself with the indications for an electrocardiographic study, and to be able to correlate the information presented in the graphic records with his clinical observations.The criticism which can be made against most medical books cannot be made against this monograph, namely, too long a distance between the covers. The authors have written clear of all debatable rubbish. They give the reader a clear idea of the