Otto Edholm

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Otto Edholm
Born1909
Died18 January 1985
NationalityBritish
Alma materSt George's Hospital
Known forEffect of hot and cold climates, high altitudes and cold water immersion on the human body
Scientific career
FieldsPhysiology

Otto Gustav Edholm (1909–1985) was a British physiologist who studied human responses to the environment. He was Professor of Physiology at the

The Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors to significant contributions to the application of ergonomics/human factors.[1][2][3] Edholm Point in Antarctica is named after him.[4]

Early life

Born in 1909, Edholm was educated at Tonbridge School and studied medicine at St George's Hospital.[2]

Career

He was appointed as a lecturer in physiology at

Second World War, Edholm and Barcroft studied the circulatory changes in man caused by severe haemorrhage. From 1944 to 1947, he was Professor of Physiology at the Royal Veterinary College before becoming the Chair of Physiology at the University of Western Ontario. He was invited to set up a Division of Human Physiology for the Medical Research Council at the National Institute for Medical Research in Hampstead, where Edholm and his team investigated survival in hot and cold climates, and later studied high altitudes and cold water immersion.[2]

Upon retiring in 1974, Edholm became visiting professor at the School of Environmental Studies (now the

USSR
. He died peacefully at his home in Hungerford on 18 January 1985.[2]

Books

  • Man in a Cold Environment with Alan Burton (1955)
  • Exploration Medicine with A. L. Bacharach (1965)
  • The Physiology of Human Survival with A.L. Bacharach (1965)
  • The Biology of Work (1967)
  • The Physiology of Human Survival (1967)
  • Polar Human Biology (1973)
  • Man, Hot and Cold (1978)
  • Principles and Practice of Human Physiology with Joe Weiner (1981)
  • Man in his Thermal Environment with Ray Clark (1985)

References

  1. ^ "Otto Edholm Award". Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors.
  2. ^
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  3. ^ "An experiment in acclimatization". New Scientist. 29 November 1962.
  4. ^ "Edholm Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  5. ISBN 9780415304306
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