• DocumentCode
    1407544
  • Title

    Heart injury from electric shock

  • Author

    Kouwenhoven, W. B. ; Hooker, D. R. ; Langworthy, O. R.

  • Author_Institution
    The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
  • Volume
    51
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1932
  • fDate
    4/1/1932 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    242
  • Lastpage
    244
  • Abstract
    Experiments and observations show that the heart is especially susceptible to injury from electric shock. Using experimental animals, measurements of heart currents showed that about 10 per cent of the total “shock” current actually flowed through that organ.
  • Keywords
    Current measurement; Current transformers; Electric shock; Europe; Furnaces; Heart; Power transformer insulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1932.6429757
  • Filename
    6429757
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1407544