Augustus Desiré Waller (July 18, 1856 - March 11, 1922) was a British physiologist. He studied medicine at Aberdeen University, where he qualified in 1878 and obtained his in 1881. In 1884 he became a lecturer in physiology at St Mary’s Hospital. In 1887 he used a capillary electrometer to record the first human electrocardiogram. He created the first practical ECG machine with surface electrodes. He lectured on it in Europe and America, often using his dog Jimmy in his ECG demonstrations.

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Augustus Desiré Waller, British Physiologist

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