STARLING, Ernest Henry (1866 – 1927)

1894 CE

#1112

The influence of mechanical factors on lymph production.

1896 CE

#647

On the absorption of fluids from the connective tissue spaces.

Starling discovered the functional significance of the serum proteins.

1901 CE

#1236.1

The action of pituitary extracts on the kidney.

Magnus and Starling reported that pituitary extracts caused expansion of the kidney and a marked and often prolonged diuresis. This was the first indication that the neurohypophysis plays a part in the regulation of u…

1902 CE

#1024

The mechanism of pancreatic secretion.

Demonstration of the existence of secretin in the duodenal secretion. Preliminary note in Lancet, 1902, 1, 813.

1904 CE

#1121

The chemical regulation of the secretory process.

Bayliss and Starling developed the theory of hormonal control of internal secretion.

1905 CE

#1122

The Croonian Lectures on the chemical correlation of the functions of the body.

Starling constructed a general scheme of the “hormones” as he named the internal secretions. This is the first appearance of the word, which was suggested by W. B. Hardy.

1905 CE–1906 CE

#1180

An experimental enquiry into the factors which determine the growth and activity of the mammary glands.

In their classic paper on the mammary gland, these workers attributed its changes during pregnancy to the fetus.

1909 CE

#1236.2

The fluids of the body.

Starling put forward the idea that renal excretion of salt (and water) was conditioned by the volume of body fluids, particularly the blood volume. He suggested that the sum total of body fluids was arranged so that t…

1914 CE

#12287

The regulation of the heart beat.

"Ernest Henry Starling (1866-1927) has probably contributed more than any man to our understanding of heart failure....His work with Patterson and Piper on the mechanical factors involved in the response of the heart …

1918 CE

#853

The Linacre lecture on the law of the heart.

Starling’s “law of the heart”.

1924 CE–1925 CE

#1240

The secretion of urine as studied on the isolated kidney.

Demonstration that the anti-diuretic action of vasopressin is exerted directly on the kidney, and that tubules of the kidney reabsorb water.

1965 CE

#12283

Starling on the heart. Facsimile reprints, including the Linacre lecture on the law of the heart. Analysis and critical comment by Carleton B. Chapman and Jere H. Mitchell.