Background
Barger, ABraham Clifford was born on February 1, 1917 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Paul and Rose (Solomon) Barger.
( This second volume completes the story begun in Walter...)
This second volume completes the story begun in Walter B. Cannon: The Life and Times of a Young Scientist (Harvard University Press, 1987), tracing the middle and late years of one of America's most distinguished medical scientists. It resumes during World War II with Cannon's battlefield work on traumatic shock in England and France, and follows him to Harvard Medical School as he investigated the workings of the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system, reaffirmed his emergency theory of the sympathico-adrenal system, and developed his now-famous concept of homeostasis and pioneer contributions to the newly emerging field of neuro-endocrinology. This volume also recounts Cannon's work with society on a broader scale, including defending the practice of animal experimentation, the rescue of European medical émigrés fleeing the Nazis and Fascists, and providing medical aid to the Spanish Loyalists and to China. Moreover, as a senior statesman of science, Cannon helped guide policies and programs that shaped the future of medical research, practice, and education.
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Barger, ABraham Clifford was born on February 1, 1917 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Paul and Rose (Solomon) Barger.
AB, Harvard University, 1939. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1943. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Cincinnati, 1977.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Massachusetts, 1993.
Research assistant, Harvard Fatigue Laboratory, Boston, 1938-1941;
research fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1946-1947;
instructor physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1948-1950;
associate professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1955-1961;
professor physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1961-1987;
professor emeritus, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1987-1996;
Robert Henry Pfeiffer professor physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1963-1987. President Elbanobscot Foundation, Massachusetts, Harvard Apparatus Foundation, Boston, William Townsend Porter Foundation. Chairman Harvard Medical Alumni Fund.
Consultant Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, 1959-1987.
( This second volume completes the story begun in Walter...)
Member fellowship committee National Research Council, 1955-1957. Member medical fellowship board National Research Council, 1957-1962. Member physiology study section National Institutes of Health, 1960-1964.
1st lieutenant United States Army, 1944-1945. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Academy of Sciences Institute Medicine, American Physiological Society (chairman Porter development committee 1966-1989, president 1970-1971, Carl J. Wiggers award 1982, Ray G. Daggs award 1985), American Society Nephrology, American Academy Arts and Science, International Society Hypertension, Massachusetts Society for Medical Research (president 1957-1985, chairman 1985-1986, honorary chairman 1986-1996), Harvard Club.
Married Claire S. Basch, June 6, 1943. Children: Craig, Shael, Curtis.