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BOWDITCH, Henry Pickering (1840 – 1911)

BOWDITCH, Henry Pickering (1840 – 1911)

1840 – 1911

4 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1872 CE

#822

Ueber die Eigenthümlichkeiten der Reizbarkeit, welche die Muskelfasern des Herzens zeigen.

BOWDITCH, Henry Pickering (1840 – 1911)
BOWDITCH, Henry Pickering (1840 – 1911)

Bowditch was the first to research the relationship between the strength of the heart beat and the interval between beats. He established the “all-or-nothing” principle of heart muscle contraction. He foun…

1885 CE

#1281

Note on the nature of nerve-force.

BOWDITCH, Henry Pickering (1840 – 1911)
BOWDITCH, Henry Pickering (1840 – 1911)

1890 CE

#1282

Ueber den Nachweis der Unermüdlichkeit des Säugethiernerven.

BOWDITCH, Henry Pickering (1840 – 1911)
BOWDITCH, Henry Pickering (1840 – 1911)

Bowditch demonstrated the indefatigability of nerve (“Bowditch’s law”).

1903 CE

#11627

Physiological aspects of the liquor problem. Investigations made by and under the direction of W. O. Atwater, John S. Billings, H. P. Bowditch, R. H. Chittenden, and W. H. Welch Sub-Committee of the Committee of Fifty to Investigate the Liquor Problem. 2 vols.

BOWDITCH, Henry Pickering (1840 – 1911)
BOWDITCH, Henry Pickering (1840 – 1911)
ATWATER, Wilbur Olin (1844 – 1907)
ATWATER, Wilbur Olin (1844 – 1907)
CHITTENDEN, Russell Henry (1856 – 1943)
CHITTENDEN, Russell Henry (1856 – 1943)
WELCH, William Henry (1850 – 1934)
WELCH, William Henry (1850 – 1934)
BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913)
BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913)

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