Harvard College (1896) Harvard Medical School (1900, M.D.)
Known for
Homeostasis Fight or flight X-ray experiments Cannon–Bard theory Voodoo death
Spouse
Cornelia James Cannon
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society,[1] Member of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Member of National Academy of Sciences, USSR
Scientific career
Fields
Physiology
Institutions
Harvard Medical School
Walter Bradford Cannon (October 19, 1871 – October 1, 1945) 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 developed the theory of homeostasis. He popularized his theories in his book The Wisdom of the Body,[2][3] first published in 1932.
^Dale, H. H. (1947). "Walter Bradford Cannon. 1871-1945". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 5 (15): 407–426. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1947.0008. S2CID 121861871.
^The Wisdom of the Body. New York: W.W. Norton and Company. 1932. pp. 177–201.
^The Wisdom of the Body (2nd enlarged ed.). New York: W.W. Norton and Company. 1963.
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