EM Tansey, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002357
1872–1947 British physiologistwho was particularly interested in respiratory physiology. He also studied the effects of temperature, high altitude and exercise on respiration, the role of the respiratory pigment haemoglobin, and fetal physiology.
Keywords: respiration; haemoglobin; fetal physiology
| Further Reading | |
| book Barcroft J (1914) The Respiratory Function of the Blood. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. | |
| book Barcroft J (1934) Features in the Architecture of Physiological Function. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. | |
| book Barcroft J (1946) Researches on Pre-natal Life. Oxford: Blackwell. | |
| book Franklin KJ (1953) Joseph Barcroft, 1872–1947. Oxford: Blackwell. | |
| book Physiological Society (1973) Foetal and Neonatal Physiology: Proceedings of the Sir Joseph Barcroft Centenary Symposium. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. | |
| book Roughton FJW and Kendrew JC (eds) (1949) Haemoglobin: a Symposium Based on a Conference Held at Cambridge in June 1948 in Memory of Sir Joseph Barcroft. London: Butterworths Scientific Publications. | |
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