Ernest Starling

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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

  1. ^ List of members Leopoldina, Ernest Henry Starling
personal data
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