Born 17 Apr 1866; died 2 May 1927 at age 61.

#English #physiologist whose prolific contributions to a modern understanding of body functions include #Starling’s hypothesis (in which he described the forces that propel fluids through #bloodvessels) and his discovery of how hormones and #nerves control digestion.

He coined the term #hormone for the body’s #chemical #messengers from the #endocrine glands (1905). His “law of the heart” stated the strength of the #heart #contraction is proportional to the stretching of the heart #muscle.

He discovered the functional significance of serum #proteins. In 1902 along with William Bayliss he demonstrated that secretin stimulates #pancreatic secretion.

In 1924, along with Ernest B. Verney, he demonstrated the reabsorption of water by the #tubules of the #kidney.

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