Artefacts
Vinyl record, heart beats
Ingenium art. no. 1988.0283
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Vinyl record, heart beats
Printed in centre: ‚Audiodisc 6755 Audiodisc Made in /U.S.A.‘
Scatched: ‚R.P.M. 33 1/3 Start Inside‘
Handwritten: ‚Heart Beat / Middle Duette / Glen Miller Outside Track‘
Printing in centre identical on other side but rest different
Scratched: ‚Recorded by J.R. McIntosh / Highland Road / London Not / 33 1/3 Start Inside‘
Handwritten: ‚Dr. Gilmore / Heartbeat / and 2 outside tracks‘
Vinyl on Aluminium Core
Black Vinyl / Pink Printing / Colored Handwriting
Diameter 40.5 cm
The Canadian Physician J.R. McIntosh was the first person to attempt to record and classify heart sounds on phonograph records. The Disc contains a recording of the heartbeat of Mrs. McIntosh, recorded by her husband in 1941.
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