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RefNoEC/1950/01
Previous numbersCert XV, 238; A00257
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TitleBabkin, Boris Petrovich: certificate of election to the Royal Society
DescriptionCitation typed
CitationBABKIN, Boris (Montreal, Canada).Distinguished for his work on the digestive glands, conditioned reflexes and the cortical representation of autonomically innervated organs. He demonstrated that a) the three pancreatic enzymes are secreted in parallel, b) sympathetic and parasympathetic fibres innervate different cells in the salivary glands and c) histamine stimulates exclusively gastric parietal cells. His researches not only refuted Heidenhain's theory of "secretory" and "trophic" nerves but led to the conception of the elements of the digestive glands being activated by different nerves and hormones. Author of "Die aussere Sekretion der Verdauungsdrusen" and "Secretory Mechanism of the Digestive Glands". List of 107 publicates (1901-1949) attached.
ProposersFrom Personal Knowledge. I de Burgh Daly; E B Verney; C S Sherrington; Charles H Best; H H Dale; Wilder Penfield; F M R Walshe; A V Hill; G L Brown; F R Miller; J B Collip
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Babkin, Boris Petrovich: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA1640Babkin; Boris Petrovich (1877 - 1950)1877 - 1950
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