Walter B. Cannon: Physiologic Investigator, from "The History of Medicine" / Robert Thom
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- UMHS.38
- Title
- Walter B. Cannon: Physiologic Investigator, from "The History of Medicine"
- Artist
- Robert Thom
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1915-1979
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1952
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Michigan (state)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Michigan (state)
- Dimensions
- 104.78 cm x 86.36 cm (41 1/4 in. x 34 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Physical Description
- While a first-year student at Harvard Medical School, Boston, in 1896, Walter B. Cannon (1871-1945) employed newly discovered x-rays to study the activities of digestive organs in animals. Cannon induced cats to eat radiopaque meals, and followed food through alimentary organs with the aid of a fluroscopic screen. Basic studies of digestion, and of effects of emotions on it, led to new understandings of food utilization, of transmission of nerve impulses, and of actions of endocrine glands. Second Professor of Physiology at Harvard, Dr. Cannon earned world-wide respect as a researcher, as a teacher, and also as an ambassador of scientific good will.
- Secondary Keywords
- disciplines
- health sciences
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in health and medicine
- people in science-related occupations
- science and related disciplines
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- UMHS.38
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-umhs.38/umhs.38.jpg
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"Walter B. Cannon: Physiologic Investigator, from "The History of Medicine"; Robert Thom." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-umhs.38/umhs.38.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.