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“I think we both became very much more skillful in our jobs than we otherwise would have become, owing to this competition, but it was particularly due, I think, to the detailed attention which we had to put upon the patient by the careful recording of the pulse rate throughout the operation.” – Harvey Cushing, 1920
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Hope, C.E., Morrison, D.L. Understanding and selecting monitoring equipment in anaesthesia and intensive care. Can Anaesth Soc J 33, 670–679 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03014276
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