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Claudius Galenus (c. ~130–200 AD), known as Galen of Pergamum, was the first to use experiments to probe the functions of the body. |
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Jean Fernel (1497–1558), a French physician, introduced the term "physiology". |
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Santorio Santorio in 1610s was the first to use a device to measure the pulse rate (the pulsilogium), and a thermoscope to measure temperature. |
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In 1858, Joseph Lister studied the cause of blood coagulation and inflammation that resulted after previous injuries and surgical wounds. |
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He later discovered and implemented antiseptics in the operating room, and as a result decreased death rate from surgery by a substantial amount. |
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In 1920, August Krogh won the Nobel Prize for discovering how, in capillaries, blood flow is regulated. |
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Gerty Cori, along with husband Carl Cori, received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1947 for their discovery of the phosphate-containing form of glucose known as glycogen, as well as its function within eukaryotic metabolic mechanisms for energy production. Moreover, they discovered the Cori cycle, also known as the Lactic acid cycle, which describes how muscle tissue converts glycogen into lactic acid via lactic acid fermentation. |
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