7 sentences with “physiologist”

In 1907, the Dutch physiologist Willem Einthoven (1860-1927) published a paper entitled The recording of human heart tones by means of the galvanometer, thus establishing a new method for cardiological studies: phonocardiography.

The biochemist and physiologist Hans Selye, born in Vienna in 1907 - later naturalised Canadian - and who studied medicine in Prague, Paris and Rome, first used the term stress in an essay published in 1936 in the London journal Nature.

In the early 17th century, the Italian physician and physiologist Santorio Santorio, a disciple of Galileo Galilei, noted the importance of temperature in the human body and began testing primitive thermometers for the purpose of measuring it.

For a long time, the contemporary American biochemist and physiologist Ida Rolf searched tirelessly for the best way to correct bad posture and body pain. As a result of her research she developed the method of structural integration called rolfing.

Long before Pete's disappearance, towards the end of the last century, the English naturalist and physiologist Charles Darwin spoke of the bloodthirsty habits of certain types of phanerogamous plants (those whose plant organs are distinguishable to the naked eye).

The theories of the physiologist Walter B. Cannon (1871-1945), who introduced the concept of homeostasis, referring to the self-regulation of the organism through mechanisms based on body humours and fluid balance. Cannon defined "critical levels of stress" as those that would weaken homeostatic mechanisms.

"If you consume the same number of calories from fat as from carbohydrates, you will gain more weight from fat," says Douglas Ballor, a physiologist who specialises in exercise. "This is because the former can enter cells without being transformed, whereas the latter have to be converted into fat to be stored. This requires energy, which burns calories.