Torsten Ludvig Thunberg
Torsten Ludvig Thunberg , (born June 30, 1873 in Torsåkers församling , † December 4, 1952 in Lund ) was a Swedish physiologist and biochemist.
Live and act
Thunberg studied medicine at Uppsala University , where he received his doctorate in 1900 with a thesis on the skin senses. He was then at the Laboratory for Experimental Physiology and Medical Physics at Uppsala University and from 1905 to 1938 Professor of Physiology at Lund University .
He researched the physiology of pain sensations, for example in cold and heat. Later he dealt with respiratory physiology of various lower animals, physiology of frog muscles and auto-oxidative substances of physiological interest.
He discovered that the burning of nutrients in the body takes place in several steps, each with the splitting off of hydrogen by dehydrogenases . His work also influenced Hans Adolf Krebs in his work on the citric acid cycle. In 1923 he suggested (like René Wurmser a little later ) that photosynthesis is a redox reaction in which the carbon dioxide involved is reduced and water is oxidized. Thunberg also designed an early device for artificial ventilation.
He wrote popular science books on hygiene and against quackery. He campaigned against alcohol abuse and was a pharmacy inspector from 1919.
In 1918 he received the Kegnell Prize. In 1928 he became a member of the Swedish Academy of Sciences and in 1932 a member of the Leopoldina . The Bavarian Academy of Sciences , he belonged to as a corresponding member.
literature
- Holger Münzel: Max von Frey. Life and work with special consideration of his sensory-physiological research (= Würzburg medical-historical research , 53). Würzburg 1992, ISBN 3-88479-803-0 , p. 204 f. ( Torsten [Ludvig] Thunberg ).
- Torsten Ludvig Thunberg . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 28 : Syrten-vikarna – Tidsbestämning . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1919, Sp. 1210 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Member entry of Torsten Ludwig Thunberg at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on April 2, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Torsten Thunberg . (PDF) In: 1953 Yearbook of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (obituary)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thunberg, Torsten Ludvig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish physiologist and biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Torsåkers församling |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 1952 |
| Place of death | Lund |