This paper gives an account of the development of physiology as an academic discipline in Great Britain between the mid-nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth century. It pays particular attention to the movement of key individuals from Scotland to the new London University (subsequently renamed University College London) in the early part of the period. It then considers how individuals trained at UCL went on to found major schools of physiology in such other centres as Cambridge, Oxford and Edinburgh.
37th Congress of IUPS (Birmingham, UK) (2013) Proc 37th IUPS, SA146
Research Symposium: The growth of academic physiology in Britain, 1860-1930
S. Jacyna1
1. Centre for the History of Medicine, UCL, London, United Kingdom.
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