2017
DOI: 10.1177/0957154x17700292
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Bloody technology: the sphygmograph in asylum practice

Abstract: 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 practice-oriented approach in the history of psychiatry – as a window onto the alienist profession and as a means of investigating how new medical technologies were assimilated into everyday practice.

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“…Despite Thompson’s evident enthusiasm, the value of sphygmographic recordings was not universally acknowledged at this time. 24 …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite Thompson’s evident enthusiasm, the value of sphygmographic recordings was not universally acknowledged at this time. 24 …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%