Specification of Marc Antoine François Mannons : apparatus for ascertaining the presence and degree or cessation of vitality in the human body, &c.

  • Mennons, Marc Antoine François.
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1862
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Specification of Marc Antoine François Mannons : apparatus for ascertaining the presence and degree or cessation of vitality in the human body, &c. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Patent for a device, the Dynamoscope, which "reposes on the theory that the degree of vital energy in animated beings is in direct ratio to the rapidity, intensity, and number of the vibrations of the nervous system". A little like a stethoscope.

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London : Great Seal Patent Office, 1862 (London : George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)

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12 pages, 1 folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm

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At head of title: A.D. 1861, 26th October. No. 2683.

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    Pat. vol. 28
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