Eduardo Braun-Menéndez (b. January 16, 1903; d. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting January 1959) was a noted Chilean-Argentine physiologist. Physiology (from Greek grc φύσις physis, "nature origin" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study of the mechanical physical
Born in Punta Arenas, Chile, he was however nationalized Argentine and developed his entire life in this country. Punta Arenas (literally in Spanish: "Sandy Point" is the most prominent settlement on the Strait of Magellan and the capital of the Magallanes y la Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the
He studied at medicine at the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires, choosing cardiovascular medicine and physiology as his specialties. Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the The University of Buenos Aires (in Spanish Universidad de Buenos Aires - ( UBA) is the largest University in Argentina, founded on August His doctoral thesis was developed at the Institute of Physiology, under the supervision of Nobel award winner Dr. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature Bernardo Houssay, in 1934, about the relationship between the pituitary gland and diencephalon and blood pressure. Bernardo Alberto Houssay ( April 10, 1887 &ndash September 21, 1971) was an Argentine Physiologist who in 1947 with The pituitary gland, or hypophysis, is an Endocrine gland about the size of a Pea. The diencephalon (or interbrain is the region of the Brain that includes the Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Epithalamus, Prethalamus or Blood pressure is also the title of a short story by Damon Runyan in Guys and Dolls and Other Stories After receiving his doctoral degree, he went to England to study at the University College London, where he investigated the metabolism of the heart. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland University College London ( UCL) is a multi-faculty university institution based in the United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London Metabolism is the set of Chemical reactions that occur in living Organisms in order to maintain Life. The heart is a muscular organ in all Vertebrates responsible for pumping Blood through the Blood vessels by repeated rhythmic
On his return from England he joined the prestigious team at the Institute of Physiology, with Luis Federico Leloir, Juan Fasciolo, Juan Muñoz and Alberto Tarquini to work for a few years on the mechanism of nephrogenic hypertension. Luis Federico Leloir ( September 6, 1906 – December 2, 1987) was an Argentine doctor and biochemist who Hypertension, also referred to as high blood pressure, HTN or HPN, is a medical condition in which the Blood pressure is chronically elevated In this research he made the most important of his discovery, that of angiotensin. Angiotensin causes blood vessels to constrict and drives blood pressure up
At the Institute, Braun-Menéndez became a research leader in cardiovascular physiology in 1935, and served as a senior lecturer and teaching assistant in the same area until 1946. He directed the Institute of Experimental Biology and Medicine until 1946 and was also the head of electrocardiography and physiotherapy at the Municipal Institute of Radiology and Physiotherapy of Buenos Aires. The Experimental Medicine and Biology Institute ( Spanish: Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, IByME is a Research and development centre affiliated Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern In 1955, he returned to the Chair of Houssay at the Institute of Physiology, as a Professor. In addition, he was part of the National Academy of Medicine and was honored with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of California and the University of Brazil. An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa ( Latin: 'for the sake of the honour' is an Academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding The University of California ( UC) is a Public university system in the state of California. In addition, he was vice president of the Argentine Society of Biology and secretary of the Argentine Association for the Advancement of Sciences. He received the National Award for Science twice.
Braun-Menéndez also helped to create the important scientific journal Ciencia y Investigación which published its first issue in 1945 and was directed by him until 1959, when he died. Another of his initiatives was the Acta Physiologica Latinoamericana, a publication written in multiple languages for the publication of the work of Latin American physiologists.
Dr. Braun-Menéndez died in a plane crash in January 1959. An aviation accident is defined in the International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 13