Archibald Hill
1886 - 1977
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Biography
Archibald Hill was a British physiologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1922 for his discovery relating to the production of heat in muscles during exercise. He conducted groundbreaking research on the metabolism of muscular tissue, including the identification of lactate as a key factor in muscle fatigue. Hill's work significantly contributed to the understanding of muscle physiology and energy metabolism in the human body.
Famous Quotes (5)
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The essential difference between animals and vegetables is the presence or absence of locomotion.
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The living material within a (cell), although it is in contact with the medium through which all the materials for its nutrition come to it, is sometimes termed protoplasm, sometimes Sarcode.
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An old experiment in which a small piece of tissue was kept alive in a non-oxygenated medium and then filled with oxygen as arterial blood hydrostatically was performed is described.
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All muscle cytoplasms invariably have only one type of protoplasm.
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If the intensity varies with the mass of the same kind of body proportionately, the velocity is very nearly constant for all bodies as far as observation shows.