Record Display for the EPA National Library Catalog
RECORD NUMBER: 1 OF 147Main Title | A Life of Ernest Starling [electronic resource] / | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | EBOOK | ||||
Author | Henderson, John. | ||||
Publisher | Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, | ||||
Year Published | 2005 | ||||
Call Number | QP34-38 | ||||
ISBN | 9781461475262 | ||||
Subjects | Medicine ; Human physiology | ||||
Internet Access |
|
||||
Collation | 256 p. online resource. | ||||
Notes | Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
||||
Contents Notes | Prelude -- Hearts and Capillaries -- 1890-1899 -- Secretin, Politics, and the New Institute -- Starling's Law and Related Matters -- Interlude: The Haldane Commission (1910-13) -- The Great War -- 1918-1920 -- Back to Research -- The End of the Trail -- A Life Surveyed. Ernest Starling (1866-1927) was pre-eminent in the golden age of British Physiology. His name is usually associated with his "Law of the Heart," but his discovery of secretin (the first hormone whose mode of action was explained) and his work on capillaries were more important contributions. He coined the word 'hormone' one hundred years ago. His analysis of capillary function demonstrated that equal and opposite forces move across the capillary wall--an outward (hydrostatic) force and an inward (osmotic) force derived from plasma proteins. |