• J Med Biogr · Feb 2005

    Biography Historical Article

    Ernest Henry Starling (1866-1927): the scientist and the man.

    • Jens H Henriksen.
    • Department of Clinical Physiology, 239, Hvidovre Hospital/University of Copenhagen, DK-2650 Hvidovre, Denmark. jens.h.henriksen@hh.hosp.dk
    • J Med Biogr. 2005 Feb 1; 13 (1): 22-30.

    AbstractThe pre-eminent achievements of the English physician and physiologist Ernest Henry Starling were his quantitative explanation of the transcapillary transport of fluid, the discovery of the first hormone, secretin, and his formulation of the law of the heart. In some ways Starling was an outsider and he was the centre of several scientific and social controversies. However, throughout his life he stressed fundamental scientific attitudes and ideas with remarkable persistence and power, although also balance, and his scientific achievements have stood the test of time.

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