The Life and contributions of Walter Bradford Cannon, 1871-1945 : his influence on the development of physiology in the twentieth century : papers delivered at a centennial symposium ... held ... at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, 25-26 May 1972 /
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Brooklyn :
State Univ. of N.Y., Downstate Medical Center,
1975
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Table of Contents:
- Illustrations ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction. The influence of individuals on the development of physiology
- Part I. Function of the digestive system. 1. Walter B. Cannon's contribution to gastroenterology / Horace W. Davenport ; 2. Walter B. Cannon and the development of roentgenology / Jack Farman
- Part II. Functions of the autonomic division of the nervous system. 3. Recent advances in our knowledge of the autonomic nervous system and the contributions of Walter B. Cannon / Chandler McC. Brooks and Kiyomi Koizumi ; 4. Walter B. Cannon's contribution to the theory of chemical mediation on the nerve impulse / Zenon M. Bacq ; Homeostasis and adaptation
- Part III. The maintenance of homeostasis and reactions to stress. 5. Homeostasis and the reactions to stress: a discussion of Walter B. Cannon's contributions ; Homeostasis and heterostasis / Hans Selye
- Part IV. The physiology of emotional expression. 6. Emotional behavior: the control of the emotions and their expression / Kálmán Lissák and Peter Molnár ; The control of emotional behavior: a discussion / Philip Bard
- Part V. Walter Bradford Cannon. 7. Walter B. Cannon: personal reminiscences / Bradford Cannon ; 8. The breadth of Walter B. Cannon's interests / Chandler McC. Brooks, Kiyomi Koizumi, and James O. Pinkston ; 9. The philosophy of science and The way of an investigator / Hallowell Davis
- Part VI. The influence of men in their time. 10. Is the age of heroes ended? / Ralph W. Gerard
- Appendix 1. A list of staff, fellows, and graduate students at Harvard University during Cannon's time (1898-1942)
- Appendix 2. Photographs of members of the Department of Physiology, Harvard University, taken in 1932 and 1942
- Appendix 3. "The life and influence of Walter B. Cannon, 1871-1945" a centennial symposium
- Bibliography. The published works of Dr. Walter Bradford Cannon and references to other biographical materials
- Illustrations ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction. The influence of individuals on the development of physiology
- Part I. Function of the digestive system. 1. Walter B. Cannon's contribution to gastroenterology / Horace W. Davenport ; 2. Walter B. Cannon and the development of roentgenology / Jack Farman
- Part II. Functions of the autonomic division of the nervous system. 3. Recent advances in our knowledge of the autonomic nervous system and the contributions of Walter B. Cannon / Chandler McC. Brooks and Kiyomi Koizumi ; 4. Walter B. Cannon's contribution to the theory of chemical mediation on the nerve impulse / Zenon M. Bacq ; Homeostasis and adaptation
- Part III. The maintenance of homeostasis and reactions to stress. 5. Homeostasis and the reactions to stress: a discussion of Walter B. Cannon's contributions ; Homeostasis and heterostasis / Hans Selye
- Part IV. The physiology of emotional expression. 6. Emotional behavior: the control of the emotions and their expression / Kálmán Lissák and Peter Molnár ; The control of emotional behavior: a discussion / Philip Bard
- Part V. Walter Bradford Cannon. 7. Walter B. Cannon: personal reminiscences / Bradford Cannon ; 8. The breadth of Walter B. Cannon's interests / Chandler McC. Brooks, Kiyomi Koizumi, and James O. Pinkston ; 9. The philosophy of science and The way of an investigator / Hallowell Davis
- Part VI. The influence of men in their time. 10. Is the age of heroes ended? / Ralph W. Gerard
- Appendix 1. A list of staff, fellows, and graduate students at Harvard University during Cannon's time (1898-1942)
- Appendix 2. Photographs of members of the Department of Physiology, Harvard University, taken in 1932 and 1942
- Appendix 3. "The life and influence of Walter B. Cannon, 1871-1945" a centennial symposium
- Bibliography. The published works of Dr. Walter Bradford Cannon and references to other biographical materials