Person Bülbring; Edith (1903 - 1990); pharmacologist and physiologist Bülbring Edith pharmacologist and physiologist 1903 - 1990 German Female Bonn, Germany, Europe 27/12/1903 19031227 John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England 04/07/1990 19900704

Cumnor, Oxford; 15 Northmoor Road, Oxford; 53 Yarnells Hill, Oxford (1954)

Pharmacologist and physiologist Pharmacology Medicine Physiology Musculature Education: Klosterman Lyzeum, Bonn; private tuition; Bonn Gymnasium (1922); Bonn University (medicine); Munich; Freiburg (qualified 1928) Career: House Physician (1 year), then Research Assistant to Paul Trendelenburg, pharmacologist (2 years), Berlin; Paediatrician, Jena, Germany (1931); Infectious Diesease Unit, , Virchow Krankenhaus, Berlin (1932); dismissed because she was half-Jewish and returned to Bonn (1933); visited a sister and friend in England and was offered a post at a biological standardization laboratory being set up by J H Burn for the Pharmaceutical Society, London; Departmental Demonstrator, Oxford University (1937); University Demonstrator and lecturer, Department of Pharmacology, Oxford (1946); naturalized British (1948); 'ad hominem' Reader (1960); Professorial Fellow, Lady Margaret Hall (1960); 'ad hominem' Professor, Oxford (1967); published 'Smooth muscle' (1970); organized a discussion meeting at the Royal Society on vertebrate smooth muscle physiology (1972), jointly with Dorothy Needham (FRS 1948); had one leg amputated below the knee due to atherosclerosis (when in her 70s); died after an attempted venous graft which caused multiple emboli, affecting her heart and probably caused her minor strokes (1990). Parents: Daniel Bülbring, Professor of English, Bonn University, and Hortense Leonore Kann, Dutch daughter of a Jewish banker of The Hague. Siblings: Maud Bülbring, Hans Bülbring, and Luci Bülbring. The first to study smooth muscle by intracellular electrodes in relation to tension changes and has added greatly to knowledge of its oxygen consumption. She demonstrated the conversion of noradrenaline to adrenaline in the adrenal medulla, and the action of adrenaline in sympathetic ganglia, in skeletal muscle (using the phrenic nerve-diaphragm preparation) and in the central nervous system. Her work on acetylcholine synthesis in rabbit atria established a fundamental link between biochemical process and function. Her demonstration of the action of adrenaline on and its liberation from the perfused cervical ganglion is an important contribution to neurophysiology. Fellow 20/03/1958 54 Edward George Tandy Liddell John Henry Gaddum David Whitteridge Marthe Vogt Harry Raymond Ing Charles Arthur Lovatt Evans Wilhelm Feldberg George Lindor Brown John William Trevan Joshua Harold Burn Sources: DNB Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1992 vol 38 pp 67-95, plate, by T B Bolton and A F Brading References: Royal Society Council Minutes vol. 24 (1970-1973), p. 360 Alan W Cuthbert ' A brief history of the British Pharmacological Soviety' , BJP [British Pharmacological Sciety] Volume 147 ((S1), January 2006 Bulbring E, GA WRS 8307.tif International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1992.0004 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=B%C3%BClbring%2C+Edith RCN 15051 RCN R73636 RCN R73613 RCN R73487 RCN R73874 RCN R73850 RCN R73468 RCN R73489 RCN R73674 RCN R73852 RCN R73845 RCN R73857 RCN R73457 RCN R73451 RCN R73452 RCN R73490 RCN R73591 RCN R73444 RCN R73666 RCN R73681 RCN R73456 RCN R73528 RCN R73527 RCN R73858 RCN R73522 RCN R73464 RCN R73595 RCN R73473 RCN R73571 RCN R73465 RCN R73664 RCN R73520 RCN R73687 RCN R73521 RCN R73443 RCN R73661 RCN R73455 RCN R73477 RCN R73447 RCN R73446 RCN R73492 RCN R73502 RCN R73486 RCN R73638 RCN R73467 RCN R73863 RCN R73848 RCN R73462 RCN R73625 RCN R73879 RCN R73657 RCN R73630 RCN R73844 RCN 8610 RCN R73656 RCN R73454 RCN R73463 RCN R73448 RCN R73445 RCN R73847 RCN R73495 RCN R73507 RCN R73665 RCN R73853 RCN R73854 RCN R73483 RCN R73493 RCN R73619 RCN R73877 RCN R73846 RCN R73622 RCN R73449 RCN R73450 RCN R73523 RCN R73637 RCN R73529 RCN R73640 RCN R73671 RCN R73470 RCN R73459 RCN R73458 RCN R73491 RCN R73668 RCN R73667 RCN R73648 RCN R73849 RCN R73694 RCN R73519 RCN R73494 RCN R73530 RCN R73570 RCN R73504 RCN R73453 RCN R73481 RCN R73686 RCN R73876 RCN R73862 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH1321 27 Dec 1903 - 4 Jul 1990 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 18/12/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA5965 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 760ba88e-51f6-4601-93b0-9d11aafc1b49