Photograph of August Krogh, who showed that blood capacity for oxygen is influenced by carbon dioxide tension. Krogh was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1920.
Portrait of Johann Christian Reil, who emphasized irritability as a specific property of living material, and advanced the concept of the living force as a chemical factor in function. He founded the first periodical for physiology.
Photograph of the Oxford School of Physiology. Included are Sir Charles Sherrington, Sir Gowland Hopkins, Prof. H. M. Vernon, E. A. Woods, Eustace H. Chiver, “George,” Wilder Penfield, Emile Hohman, Miss Collier, C. F. Krige, Prof. Scott, and W. C....
Photograph of Charles Robert Richet, who described anaphylaxis and indicated its functional aspects. He was given the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1910.
Portrait of Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, who studied physiological phenomena, paving the way for acceptance of the basic principle of energy conservation in physiology.
Portrait of Ernest Henry Starling, whose findings were milestones in the advance of cardiology and the treatment of heart diseases. "Triangle Volume 7 Number 5 1966" at head of sheet.