Archibald Hill
Physiologist
1886-09-26 – 1977-06-03
British physiologist who shared the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for research on muscle heat production and energy metabolism. He was also active in science policy and public service. He died in 1977.
Quotes by Archibald Hill
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion.
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The pursuit of natural knowledge, the investigation of the world - mental and material - in which we live, is not a dull and spiritless affair: rather is it a voyage of adventure of the human mind, a holiday for reckless and imaginative souls.
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