Nathan Zuntz
Nathan Zuntz · Science & Medicine
Physiologist who pioneered the study of respiration and high-altitude physiology
1847, Bonn, Germany — 1920, Berlin, Germany
Germany
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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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Physiologist who pioneered the study of respiration and high-altitude physiology
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