Taking the pulse on patients past

He’s been dead for more than a century but you can still hear his heartbeat. An artist and historian have collaborated on a project that converts images from 19th-century medical charts of pulse and heartbeat patterns into sound.

The story was published Dec. 15 in the New York Times.

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