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The instruments are on display at:
涩里番 Department of Physiology
McIntyre Medical Sciences Building
3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler, Montreal
Room 1034
Research Instruments
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History: 1880 and 1903
The development of laboratory instruments is closely intertwined with the growth of physiology.
Brodie-Starling Smoked-Drum Kymograph
Smoked-drum kymographs were widely used from the mid-19th-century until about the mid-20th century.
Sanborn 鈥淭win-Viso鈥� Chart Recorder
The general-purpose strip-chart recorder shown here was manufactured by the Sanborn Company between 1935 and 1955.