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Nathan Zuntz

Who

Nathan Zuntz · Science & Medicine

What

Physiologist who pioneered the study of respiration and high-altitude physiology

When

1847, Bonn, Germany — 1920, Berlin, Germany

Where

Germany

Biography

Nathan Zuntz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physiologist who pioneered the study of respiration and high-altitude physiology

How & why

Nathan Zuntz was a German physiologist who pioneered the study of respiration, blood-gas transport and metabolism, and founded modern high-altitude and aviation physiology. He designed treadmills and portable respiration devices and conducted balloon-flight experiments on the effects of altitude. He was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science

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Physiologist who pioneered the study of respiration and high-altitude physiology

1847

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science