Quote of the day
I wish my deadly foe, no worse
Than want of friends, and empty purse.
Walter Bradford Cannon
Born: October 19, 1871
Died: October 1, 1945 (aged 73)
Bio: Walter Bradford Cannon was an American physiologist, professor and chairman of the Department of Physiology at Harvard Medical School. He coined the term fight or flight response, and he expanded on Claude Bernard's concept of homeostasis.
Known for:
- The wisdom of the body (1932)
- The way of an investigator (1945)
- The mechanical factors of digestion (1911)