pneumograph
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Dr. Robert Harrington gently strapped Jimmy into the harness of a gadget called the pneumograph.
From Time Magazine Archive
Everything worked like a clock, an altimeter or a pneumograph.
From Time Magazine Archive
The respiration rate is determined by attaching a Fitz pneumograph about the trunk, midway between the nipples and the umbilicus.
From Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man by Benedict, Francis Gano
The connections for the pneumograph and stethoscope are made with the instruments outside on the table at the left of the bed calorimeter.
From Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man by Benedict, Francis Gano
Of still more importance, however, is the fact that the expansion and contraction of the pneumograph afford an excellent means for noting the minor muscular activity of a subject, otherwise considered at complete rest.
From Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man by Benedict, Francis Gano
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