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RECORD NUMBER: 9 OF 1964

Main 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
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7526-2
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.
Place Published New York, NY
Corporate Au Added Ent SpringerLink (Online service)
Title Ser Add Ent People and Ideas Series
Host Item Entry Springer eBooks
PUB Date Free Form 2005
Series Title Untraced People and Ideas Series
BIB Level m
Medium computer
Content text
Carrier online resource
Cataloging Source OCLC/T
OCLC Time Stamp 20131218151151
Language eng
Origin SPRINGER
Type EBOOK
OCLC Rec Leader 02091nam a22004095i 45