Ernest Starling
Ernest Henry Starling (born April 17, 1866 in London , † May 2, 1927 in Kingston - Harbor , Jamaica ) was an English physiologist .
Starling taught at London University College and became a professor there in 1899.
In 1896, Starling set up the Starling equation named after him . In 1905 he introduced the concept of the hormone . Together with Otto Frank , he described the relationship between the filling and ejection capacity of the heart, which is now known as the Frank-Starling mechanism . In 1904 he gave the Croonian Lecture to the Royal Society , in 1905 the Croonian Lectures of the Royal College of Physicians .
In 1913 Starling was awarded the Royal Medal of the Royal Society . In 1925 he became a member of the Leopoldina .
Works
- William Bayliss , Ernest H. Starling (1902): The mechanism of pancreatic secretion . In: J Physiol 28, 325-353.
- A Century of Physiology. London 1927.
literature
- EB Verney (1956): Some aspects of the work of Ernest Henry Starling . Annals of Science 12 (No. 1, March) pp. 30-47
- J. Henderson (2005): Ernest Starling and 'Hormones': an historical commentary . Journal of Endocrinology 184: 1, 5-10
- John Henderson: A Life of Ernest Starling . Oxford University Press, 2005
- WB Fye (2006): Profiles in Cardiology: Ernest Henry Starling . Clin. Cardiol. 29, 181-182
- Thomas Schlich: Starling, Ernest Henry. In: Werner E. Gerabek u. a. (Ed.): Encyclopedia of medical history. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 1356.
Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Starling, Ernest |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Starling, Ernest Henry |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British physiologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1866 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1927 |
Place of death | Kingston Harbor, Jamaica |