Ernest Starling
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| Ernest Starling | |
 Ernest Starling
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| Born | April 17, 1866 |
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| Died | May 2, 1927 |
| Nationality | English |
| Fields | physiology |
| Institutions | University College London |
| Known for | Frank-Starling law of the heart |
Ernest Henry Starling (April 17, 1866 - May 2, 1927) was an English physiologist.[1] He worked mainly at University College London, although he also worked for many years in Germany and France. His main collaborator in London was his brother-in-law, Sir William Maddock Bayliss.[2]
Starling is most famous for developing the "Frank-Starling law of the heart", presented in 1915 and modified in 1919. He is also known for his involvement along with Bayliss in the Brown Dog affair, a controversy relating to vivisection. In 1896 at the age of 30 Ernest was married to Katherine Laird (1866), a vaudevillian dancer who died shortly after of a blood infected illness.
Other major contributions to physiology were:
- The Starling equation, describing fluid shifts in the body (1896)
- The discovery of peristalsis, with Bayliss
- The discovery of secretin, the first hormone, with Bayliss (1902) and the introduction of the concept of hormones (1905)
- The discovery that the distal convoluted tubule of the kidney reabsorbs water and various electrolytes
Starling was elected fellow of the Royal Society in 1899.
Two of his great-grandchildren, Boris Starling (b. 1969) and Belinda Starling (1972-2006) are writers.
[edit] References
- ^ Henderson, John (2005). A Life of Ernest Starling. Oxford University Press.
- ^ Ernest Henry Starling. Whonamedit.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-24.
- Fye, W Bruce (2006), “Ernest Henry Starling.”, Clinical cardiology 29 (4): 181-2, 2006 Apr, PMID:16649731, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16649731>
- Henriksen, Jens H (2005), “Ernest Henry Starling (1866-1927): the scientist and the man.”, Journal of medical biography 13 (1): 22-30, 2005 Feb, PMID:15682229, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15682229>
- Katz, Arnold M (2004), “Ernest Henry Starling: medical educator.”, The Pharos of Alpha Omega Alpha-Honor Medical Society. Alpha Omega Alpha 67 (4): 14-21, 2004, PMID:15625946, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15625946>
- Katz, Arnold M (2002), “Ernest Henry Starling, his predecessors, and the "Law of the Heart".”, Circulation 106 (23): 2986-92, 2002 Dec 3, PMID:12460884, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12460884>
- Tucci, P J (1992), “[Ernest Henry Starling--the scientist, the educator, and the fundamental law of the heart]”, Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 58 (4): 296-302, 1992 Apr, PMID:1340699, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1340699>
- Fye, W B (1983), “Ernest Henry Starling, his law and its growing significance in the practice of medicine.”, Circulation 68 (5): 1145-8, 1983 Nov, PMID:6352082, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6352082>
- “Ernest Henry Starling (1866-1927).”, Triangle; the Sandoz journal of medical science 7 (5): 165, 1966, 1966, PMID:5328520, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5328520>
- BEAN, W B (1963), “Ernest Henry STARLING, the clinican's physiologist, with an aside on wandering navels.”, Arch. Intern. Med. 111: 403-5, 1963 Apr, PMID:13969932, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13969932>
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