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Medical Electrical Equipment.

Medical Electrical Equipment. This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract So widespread is the use of electrical and electronic equipment in a modern hospital that there are few clinical or research departments which can function effectively during a power failure. The publishers of this work declare their intention to provide "authoritative information on the principles, operation, care and routine maintenance of medical electrical apparatus in terms which do not pre-suppose a deep knowledge of electricity." That such an ambitious undertaking must be judged a failure is disappointing but not surprising. The book is a collection of essays by twenty-one British workers in the electromedical field. Of these contributors, nineteen are affiliated with commercial companies which manufacture electrical apparatus or instruments. While they have, in the main, made a conscientious effort to avoid "plugging" their own products, only a few of the chapters can make a legitimate claim to generality. Perhaps the main objection to this book is that nearly all http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png A.M.A. Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

Medical Electrical Equipment.

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This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract So widespread is the use of electrical and electronic equipment in a modern hospital that there are few clinical or research departments which can function effectively during a power failure. The publishers of this work declare their intention to provide "authoritative information on the principles, operation, care and routine maintenance of...
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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1959 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0888-2479
DOI
10.1001/archinte.1959.00270060168043
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Abstract

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract So widespread is the use of electrical and electronic equipment in a modern hospital that there are few clinical or research departments which can function effectively during a power failure. The publishers of this work declare their intention to provide "authoritative information on the principles, operation, care and routine maintenance of medical electrical apparatus in terms which do not pre-suppose a deep knowledge of electricity." That such an ambitious undertaking must be judged a failure is disappointing but not surprising. The book is a collection of essays by twenty-one British workers in the electromedical field. Of these contributors, nineteen are affiliated with commercial companies which manufacture electrical apparatus or instruments. While they have, in the main, made a conscientious effort to avoid "plugging" their own products, only a few of the chapters can make a legitimate claim to generality. Perhaps the main objection to this book is that nearly all

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A.M.A. Archives of Internal MedicineAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jun 1, 1959

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