Physiologists

Anton Julius Carlson (1875-1956) was a Swedish American physiologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "A. J. Carlson"

Adelbert Ames, Jr. (1880-1955) was an American scientist who made contributions to physics, physiology, ophthalmology, psychology, and philosophy. He pioneered the study of physiological optics at Dartmouth College, serving as a research professor, then as director of research in the Dartmouth Eye Institute. He conducted important research into aspects of binocular vision, including cyclophoria and aniseikonia. Ames is perhaps best known for constructing some illusions of visual perception: the Ames room, the Ames window, and the Ames chair. He was a leading light in the Transactionalist School of psychology, also making contributions in social psychology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adelbert Ames, Jr."

Dr. André Frédéric Cournand ( September 24, 1895 – February 19, 1988) was a French-born physician and physiologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "André Frédéric Cournand"

Arthur Guyton was an American physiologist born on September 8, 1919 and died on April 3 2003. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arthur Guyton"

Autar Singh Paintal (b. September 24, 1925 in Mogok, Burma, d. December 21, 2004 in Delhi, India) was a medical scientist who has made pioneering discoveries in the area of neurosciences and respiratory sciences. His son Deepak, now Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University, is also at the forefront of botanical research. ...more on Wikipedia about "Autar Singh Paintal"

Dr. Charles Breton Huggins ( September 22, 1901 – January 12, 1997) was a Canadian-born American physician and physiologist and cancer researcher at the University of Chicago specialising in prostate cancer. He and Peyton Rous were awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering that hormones could be used to control the spread of some cancers. This was the first discovery that showed that cancer could be controlled by chemicals. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles B. Huggins"

Claude Bernard ( July 12, 1813 – February 10, 1878) was a French physiologist. He was called by Prof. I. Bernard Cohen of Harvard University, "one of the greatest of all men of science" in his Forward to the Dover edition (1957) of Bernard's classic on scientific method, An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine (originally published in 1865). ...more on Wikipedia about "Claude Bernard" http://www.shortopedia.com moments.

Dr. Corneille Jean François Heymans ( March 28, 1892 – July 18, 1968) was a Belgian physiologist who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1938 for showing how blood pressure and oxygen content of the blood are measured by the body and transmitted to the brain. He suceeded his father, Jean-François Heymans, at the Ghent University as a professor of pharmacology. Heymans married Dr. Berthe May in 1929 and had four children. ...more on Wikipedia about "Corneille Heymans"

Dr. Donald Metcalf AO AC FRS (b. February 26, 1929) is an Australian physiologist. Metcalf's pioneering research revealed the control of blood cell formation and the role of hematopoietic cytokines. He described the function of the thymus gland in the control of lymphocyte formation. In the 1960s he developed techniques to culture blood cells, which led to the discovery of colony-stimulating factors (CSFs). CSFs are hormones that control white blood cell formation and are responsible for resistance to infection. ...more on Wikipedia about "Donald Metcalf"

Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. ( November 19, 1915 – March 9, 1974) was a U.S. physiologist. Dr. Sutherland was born on November 19, 1915 in Burlingame, Kansas. He won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1971 "for his discoveries concerning the mechanisms of the action of hormones," especially epinephrine, via second messengers (such as cyclic adenosine monophosphate). He received his bachelor's degree (Chemistry) in 1937 from Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas and earned his medical degree in 1942 from Washington University Medical School in St. Louis. After serving as a doctor in World War II, he returned to Washington University as a researcher in the laboratory of Nobel laureate Carl Ferdinand Cori. In 1953, he became director of the department of medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, where he discovered cyclic AMP. In 1963, desiring to limit his duties to research, Sutherland moved to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville where he was a professor of physiology until 1973. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1966, won the Albert Lasker Award for basic medical research in 1970, and received the National Medal of Science in 1973. At the time of his death in 1974, Sutherland was a distinguished professor of biochemistry at University of Miami Medical School. ...more on Wikipedia about "Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr."

Edmund O'Meara ( 1614- 1681) Irish physiologist. Son of Dermod O'Meara who was a physician, poet and author. Edmund is remembered today for his professional criticism of vivisection, stating that the agony suffered by animals distorted the research results. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edmund O'Meara"

Eduardo Moacyr Krieger (b. June 27, 1928, Cerro Largo, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), influent Brazilian physician, physiologist and scientific leader, current president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eduardo Krieger"

Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer ( 1850 – 1935) was an English physiologist who coined the word " insulin" after theorising that a single substance from the pancreas was responsible for diabetes mellitus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer"

Dr. Edwin Bennett Astwood ( December 19, 1909 – February 17, 1976) was a Bermudian- American physiologist and endocrinologist, his research on endocrine system led to treatments for hyperthyroidism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edwin B. Astwood"

Ernest Starling was a British physiologist born on April 17 1866 and died on May 2 1927. He worked mainly at University College London, although he also worked for many years in Germany and France. His main collaborator in London was his brother-in-law, William Maddock Bayliss. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ernest Starling"

Eugene Aserinsky ( 1921 – 1998) was a graduate student at University of Chicago in 1953 when he discovered REM sleep. He made the discovery after hours spent studying the eyelids of sleeping subjects. His PhD adviser, Nathaniel Kleitman, and Aserinsky went on to demonstrate demonstrate that this "rapid-eye movement" was correlated with dreaming and a general increase in brain activity. They pioneered procedures that have now been used with thousands of volunteers using the electroencephalograph. Because of these discoveries, Aserinsky and Kleitman are generally considered the founders of modern sleep research. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eugene Aserinsky"

François Magendie ( 1783 - 1855) was French physiologist, considered a pioneer in experimental physiology. He is known for describing the foramen of Magendie. There is also a Magendie sign, a downward and inward rotation of the eye due to a lesion in the cerebellum. ...more on Wikipedia about "François Magendie"

Franz Tangl ( Budapest, January 26, 1866 – Budapest, December 19, 1917) was an Austrian-Hungarian physiologist and pathologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Franz Tangl"

Dr Homer William Smith ( January 2, 1895 - March 25, 1962) was an American physiologist and an advocate for science. His research work focused on the kidney and he discovered inulin at the same time as A.N. Richards. Dr. Smith authored several books including From Fish to Philosopher, Man and His Gods, and The Kidney: Structure and function in health and disease. ...more on Wikipedia about "Homer Smith"

John Burdon Sanderson Haldane ( November 5, 1892 – December 1, 1964), who normally used "J.B.S." as a first name, was a British geneticist and evolutionary biologist. He was one of the founders (along with Ronald Fisher and Sewall Wright) of population genetics. ...more on Wikipedia about "J. B. S. Haldane"

Jacques Loeb ( 1859 – 1924) was a German-born American physiologist. He was known for his theory of tropism and experiments on inducing parthenogenesis which he first accomplished in 1899 and stimulated regeneration. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jacques Loeb" Visit again www.shortopedia.com

Jan Evangelista Purkyně (also written Johannes Evangelists Purkinje, ) ( 17th December, 1787 - 28th July, 1869) was a Czech anatomist, patriot, and physiologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jan Evangelista Purkyně"

John Scott Haldane ( May 3 1860 – March 15/ March 14 1936) was a Scottish medical doctor. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Haldane"

John Mayow ( May, 1643 - September, 1679), English chemist and physiologist, was born in London. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Mayow"

Laura Schlessinger (born January 16, 1947) is an American cultural and moral commentator, most known as host of the very popular Dr. Laura radio therapy call-in show. The show is nationally syndicated and runs three hours a day on weekdays. ...more on Wikipedia about "Laura Schlessinger"

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