Biomedical and Life Physics : Proceedings of the Second Gauss Symposium, 28th August 1993, Munich

§16§D. N. Ghista (Based on the Opening Address at the International Conference on Biomedical Physics 〓16§ow of Jean Poiseuille (1799-1869), physician and physiologist; he measured blood pressure with a mercury manometer while being a medical student in Paris, received his medical degree in 1928, and then went on to describe the law of viscous flow (applicable to arteriolar flow). §02§Dr. Dhanjoo N. Ghista ist Professor am Department of Medical Physics & Engineering der United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain.