Early hospitals' heart monitoring technology? ?

Question

How did hospitals in the 1600's monitor the heart rate, during surgery or whatever?

Thanks..

Answer 1

Most likely with their fingers on the pulse -- pulse-taking has been a cornerstone of Traditional Chinese Medicine since the BC years:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional...

To be honest, surgeries in the 1600's are nothing like surgeries today -- surgeons were not able to overcome the 3 main obstacles (bleeding, pain and infection) until the late 18th century:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional...

Hope this helps.