H. Newell Martin

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Henry Newell Martin (born July 1, 1848 in Newry , County Down , † October 27, 1896 in Burley-in-Wharfedale , Yorkshire ) was a British physiologist .

H. Newell Martin

Life

H. Newell Martin studied at the Universities of London and Cambridge . In 1876 he was appointed to the first professorship in physiology at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore , which was founded in the same year , where he worked with George Henry Falkiner Nuttall . In 1879 he married Hetty Cary, widow of Confederate General John Pegram . In 1885 he became a member of the Royal Society , in 1890 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . After his wife's death in 1892, Martin left Baltimore in 1893 and returned to Great Britain.

plant

Martin is considered the founder of scientific physiology in the USA . His work on cardiac physiology , which was made possible by his sensational preparations of isolated perfused mammalian hearts , is of particular importance .

Fonts

  • Together with Thomas Henry Huxley : A Course of Practical Instruction in Elementary Biology. London 1875.

literature

  • CS Breathnach: Henry Newell Martin (1848-1893). A pioneer physiologist. In: Med Hist. 13, 1969, pp. 271-279. PMID 4893626 .
  • W. Bruce Fye: H. Newell Martin and the isolated heart preparation: the link between the frog and open heart surgery. In: Circulation. 73, 1986, pp. 857-864. PMID 3516445 . online (PDF, 1 GB).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin HN. A new method of studying the mammalian heart. Stud Biol Lab Johns Hopkins University 1881; 2: 119.
personal data
SURNAME Martin, H. Newell
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martin, Henry Newell (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British physiologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Newry , County Down
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1896
Place of death Burley-in-Wharfedale , Yorkshire