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Vektorballistokardiograf

Vektorballistokardiograf (Latin vector – the lat bearing +. ballista – the throwing tool, from Greek ballo – to throw, to throw + Greek kardia – heart + Greek grapho – I write) – the device intended for measurement of the movements of a body caused by action of the heart at the same time in two directions, for example, in longitudinal and cross and for implementation of their graphic fixation in two-coordinate system.

 
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Even if heart of the person does not fight, then he all the same can live during a long period, as the Norwegian fisherman Jan Revsdal showed us. Its "motor" stopped for 4 hours after the fisherman got lost and fell asleep in snow.