词条 | Macleod, J.J.R. |
释义 | Macleod, J.J.R. Scottish physiologist in full John James Rickard Macleod born Sept. 6, 1876, Cluny, near Dunkeld, Perth, Scot. died March 16, 1935, Aberdeen ![]() Macleod held posts in physiology and biochemistry at the London Hospital (1899–1902) and as professor of physiology at Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. (1903–18). In 1918 he joined the University of Toronto, Ont., Can., as associate dean of medicine and subsequently became director of its physiological laboratory. It was in this laboratory that Banting and Best began investigating the secretions of the pancreas and eventually succeeded in isolating and preparing insulin in 1921. Macleod subsequently was made dean of the faculty of medicine. His publications include Practical Physiology (1902) and Physiology and Biochemistry in Modern Medicine (1918). |
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