Robert Tigerstedt

Robert Adolph Armand Tigerstedt ( born February 28, 1853 in Helsinki, † February 12, 1923 ) was a Finnish physiologist. He is best known for the discovery of the enzyme renin, in 1898 at the Karolinska Institute, he managed together with his student Per Bergman.

Tigerstedt in his day was an internationally renowned physiologist, whose textbooks were standard works. In particular, he was concerned with the physiology of the circulatory system, but also with nutrition and metabolism. So he invented a respiratory apparatus for the measurement of respiratory gases, the Tigerstedt probes Respiratonsapparat.

He also worked as a social reformer and was a member of the temperance movement.

Biography

His father Karl Konstantin Tigerstedt was professor of history at the University of Helsinki. Robert Adolph Armand Tigerstedt went to Turku on the high school and then studied natural sciences at the University of Helsinki, among others, the chemist Carl Axel Arrhenius. After graduating in 1876 he studied medicine in Helsinki and received his doctorate in 1881 with a dissertation on mechanical nerve irritation. In 1881 he went to Stockholm to the Karolinska Institute in the Department of Physiology, where he was assistant to Christian Loven ( 1835-1904 ) initially and 1886 its successor took over as professor. 1901 Tigerstedt returned back to Helsinki, where he succeeded Konrad Hällstén ( 1835-1913 ). 1916 to 1919 he was dean of the medical faculty. In 1918, he worked as a doctor in a Finnish POW camp and wrote about a critical report. In 1919 he retired, but remained scientifically active until he died in 1923 of a heart attack.

Tigerstedt been married since 1878 and had three children.

Awards

1912 Tigerstedt received the Cothenius medal. In 1890 he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize and was more honorary doctorates (Tartu, Dublin, Oslo, Helsinki, Groningen).

The Robert Tigerstedt Award from the International Society of Hypertension is awarded in his honor.

Writings

  • The physiology of the circulation, De Gruyter 1921
  • Handbook of Physiological Methods, Hirzel 1914
  • Textbook of physiology of the circulation, Leipzig 1893
  • Textbook of Human Physiology, 10th edition, Leipzig, S. Hirzel 1923
  • Physiological experiments and demonstrations for students, S. Hirzel 1913
  • Physiologist
  • Physician (19th century)
  • Physician ( 20th century )
  • University teachers ( Karolinska Institute)
  • Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • Honorary Doctor of the University of Oslo
  • Honorary Doctor of the University of Helsinki
  • Honorary Doctor of the University of Tartu
  • Honorary Doctor of the University of Groningen
  • Finn
  • Born in 1853
  • Died in 1923
  • Man
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