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Physiologist associated with the 1868 Hering-Breuer inflation reflex.
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A physiologist who experimentally investigated connections between the sympathetic nervous system, blood flow and tissue function. Comparison of interrupted pathways with electrical stimulation helped distinguish an anatomical connection from its physiological action.[ref]
A physiologist and physician whose experiments on the spinal cord helped distinguish the pathways carrying different forms of sensation. His work connected the side and location of injury with the resulting pattern of functional loss.[ref]
https://history.rcp.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/charles-edouard-brown-sequard. Royal College of Physicians, experimental work and sensory decussation
A physiologist who studies cerebral circulation. Her monograph relates the structure of blood vessels to cerebral autoregulation, connecting vascular resistance and perfusion rather than treating blood flow as a direct readout of neuron activity.[ref]
The Cerebral Circulation by Marilyn J. Cipolla. 2009, monograph and chapter structure
Author of The Cerebral Circulation by Marilyn J. Cipolla, published in 2009.
A physiologist whose experiments investigated how the sympathetic nervous system influences the eye. Cutting and stimulating cervical pathways helped relate particular connections to their physiological effects.[ref]
Observations on the Experiments of Professor Budge upon the Influence of the Great Sympathetic (1853). account of cervical section and electrical stimulation
A physiologist who investigated the chemical constituents of faeces and reported a crystalline material he named excretin. The historical preparation should not automatically be identified with a single pure modern compound.[ref]
On Excretine by William Marcet. 1857, isolation and characterization
Author of On Excretine by William Marcet. Contemporary identification: On the immediate principles of human excrements in the healthy state, 1857.
A physiologist whose experiments distinguished spinal cord reflexes from movements requiring conscious sensation. His 1833 account made the spinal cord an active part of the mechanism of movement.[ref]
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5924247/. Hall, On the Reflex Function of the Medulla Oblongata and Medulla Spinalis, 1833
External portrait: Wellcome Collection, identified reproduction of a portrait of Marshall Hall.
A late-antique physician and medical writer whose Latin works on acute and chronic diseases preserve and adapt earlier Greek medical knowledge. Their organization connects causes, signs and treatment discussions, making them a source for the history of clinical classification.[ref]
https://heirs.lib.uiowa.edu/record.php?id=48. University of Iowa, primary-edition catalogue and organization of the work
Later representation of Aretaeus of Cappadocia; not an authenticated lifetime portrait
. Verified file record M0008689, a later engraved representation published in 1603; label as imagined/later, not a contemporary likeness. Wellcome CC BY 4.0. Source.Ancient medical author of On the Causes and Signs of Chronic Diseases by Aretaeus of Cappadocia, including the coeliac affection of Aretaeus.
Later representation of Hippocrates; not an authenticated lifetime portrait
. Verified 1638 engraving after a sculptural representation; label as later, not an authenticated lifetime portrait. Wellcome CC BY 4.0. Source.Ancient physician traditionally associated with the Hippocratic Corpus.
Nineteenth-century physician associated with an inflammatory theory of disease and extensive bloodletting by medicinal leeches.
Portrait of Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis, reproduced in 1914
. Verified portrait record; reproduced in a 1914 medical history; author unknown, marked public domain. James Lind Library 1835 source record also has a portrait section. Source.A physician who coauthored a synthesis of research on movement, the senses and development. Comparing competing explanations of blood-cell formation shows how physiological writing could organize unresolved experimental evidence.[ref]
Recent Advances in the Physiology of Motion, the Senses, Generation and Development by William Baly and William Senhouse Kirkes. author contribution and cited discussion
Physician and physiological writer.
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Physician associated with the 1868 Hering-Breuer inflation reflex.
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Later representation of Avicenna; not an authenticated lifetime portrait
. Verified later half-tone portrait M0000768, Wellcome CC BY 4.0. Different Wellcome glass-negative records have different rights; use the verified Commons record. Ibn Sina is the immediate capitalized synonym. Source. Pinned article: Introduction to the OurBigBook Project
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