History of Fibrillation and Defibrillation [html]

Biography of Naum Lazarevich Gurvich, a pioneer in defibrillation research [html] [html]

A Century of Fibrillation, Presentation at the CARDIOSTIM-2000 Congress. Nice, FRANCE, 16 June, 2000. [slides] [photo]

Classical texts on cardiac electrophysiology

Naum L. Gurvich, The Main Principles of Cardiac Defibrillation. Moscow, Medicine, 1975. Book in Russian. [pdf]

Naum L. Gurvich, Fibrillation and Defibrillation of the Heart, Moscow, Medgiz, 1957. Book in Russian. [djvu]

Carl J. Wiggers, Medical Writing and Editorship, Chapter XVI. Reminiscences and Adventures in Circulation Research, 1958. [page 1] [page 2]

Mr. Fell's Electrical Machine described, Gentleman's Magazine, April 2, 1792. [pdf] (provided by Mark Gulezian, Takoma Park, MD)