Rautaharju P M
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Can J Cardiol. 1987 Nov-Dec;3(8):362-74.
The 1887 introduction of electrocardiography as a noninvasive investigative technique on man by Augustus Waller, and Wilhelm Einthoven's electrocardiograph from 1901 remain the two major landmarks in the 100-year history of electrocardiography. The progress in our knowledge of the mechanism and interpretation of the ECG has evolved throughout these 100 years in a succession of relatively small steps contributed by many unsung heroes, although often even relatively minor contributions by a few dominant "stars", notably Thomas Lewis and Frank Wilson, are perceived as giant leaps. The gradual evolution of our concepts of the ECG are reviewed against the historical background of the events involved from the time of Waller's discovery to the end of the second world war.
1887年奥古斯塔斯·沃勒将心电图描记术作为一种对人体的非侵入性检测技术引入，以及1901年威廉·艾因托芬发明的心电图仪，仍然是心电图学100年历史中的两个主要里程碑。在这100年里，我们对心电图机制和解读的认识是由许多无名英雄一步步取得的相对小的进展促成的，尽管少数占主导地位的“明星”（尤其是托马斯·刘易斯和弗兰克·威尔逊）所做的即使相对较小的贡献，也常被视为巨大飞跃。我们结合从沃勒发现心电图到第二次世界大战结束这一时期所涉及事件的历史背景，回顾了我们对心电图概念的逐步演变。
