Ernest Starling

Ernest Starling was a British physiologist born on April 17 1866 and died on May 2 1927. 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, William Maddock Bayliss

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Physiologist - April 17 - 1866 - May 2 - 1927 - University College London - Germany - France - William Maddock Bayliss

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Starling is most famous for developing the "Frank-Starling Law of the Heart", presented in 1915 and modified in 1919.

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Frank - Law of the Heart - 1915 - 1919

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Other major contributions to physiology were:

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• The Starling equation, describing fluid shifts in the body (1896)
• 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.

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Royal Society - 1899

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