A. J. Carlson

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name = Anton Julius Carlson


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birth_place = Sweden
death_date = death date|1956|9|2|mf=y
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nationality = Swedish-American
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field = Physiology
work_institution = University of Chicago
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Anton Julius Carlson (January 29, 1875–September 2, 1956) was a Swedish American physiologist. Carlson was born in Sweden and came to the USA in 1891. He received a doctorate in physiology at Stanford in 1902 and began working at the University of Chicago in 1904. While Carlson was at Chicago, he conducted experiments on Fred Vlcek [Contributions to the physiology of the stomach.—I. The character of the movements of the empty stomach in man, A. J. Carlson, "American Journal of Physiology" 31, #3 (December 2, 1912), pp. 151–168.] , similar to those conducted on Alexis St. Martin by William Beaumont, regarding his gastric fistula. These included illuminating his stomach with electric lights in order to observe digestion. Carlson became chairman of the physiology department at the University of Chicago in 1916 and remained chairman until 1940.

Carlson was president of the American Physiological Society from 1923 to 1925 and president of the AAAS in 1944.In 1953, Carlson was the first person to receive the
American Humanist Association's Humanist of the Yearaward [ [http://www.americanhumanist.org/about/humanists-year.php "Humanists of the Year"] , web page at the [http://www.americanhumanist.org/ American Humanist Association web site] , accessed January 11, 2007.] .

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External links

* [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl/centcat/fac/facch20_01.html Carlson in "The University of Chicago Faculty: A Centennial View"]
* [http://www.the-aps.org/about/pres/introajc.htm Carlson as 10th president of the American Physiological Society]
* [http://archives.aaas.org/people.php?p_id=148 Carlson page at the AAAS web site]

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NAME= Carlson, Anton Julius
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Swedish-American physiologist
DATE OF BIRTH= January 29, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH= Sweden
DATE OF DEATH= September 2, 1956
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