Bloody technology: The sphygmograph in asylum practice

The sphygmograph, an instrument to measure and visually chart the pulse, was used by a number of asylum researchers in the late nineteenth century in an attempt to better understand mental disease. In charting the use of such a medical technology in the asylum, this article explores the utility of a...

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Autor principal: Wallis, J
Formato: Journal article
Publicado em: SAGE Publications 2016

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