“Since the stomach gives no obvious external sign of its workings, investigators of gastric movements have hitherto been obliged to confine their studies to pathological subjects or to animals subjected to serious operative interference. Observations made under these necessarily abnormal… — Walter Bradford Cannon Copy Share
These changes-the more rapid pulse, the deeper breathing, the increase of sugar in the blood, the secretion from the adrenal glands-were very diverse and seemed unrelated. Then, one wakeful night, after a considerable collection of these changes had been disclosed, the idea flashed through my mind that they could be nicely integrated if conceived as bodily preparations for supreme effort… — Walter Bradford Cannon Copy Share
Time... is an essential requirement for effective research. An investigator may be given a palace to live in, a perfect laboratory to work in,… — Walter Bradford Cannon Copy Share Image
“Since the stomach gives no obvious external sign of its workings, investigators of gastric movements have hitherto been obliged to confine their studies to pathological subjects or to animals subjected to serious operative interference. Observations made under these necessarily abnormal conditions have yielded a literature which is full of conflicting statements and uncertain results. The only sure conclusion to be… — Walter Bradford Cannon Copy Share
As he approached the place where a meeting of doctors was being held, he saw some elegant limousines and remarked, "The surgeons have arrived."… — Walter Bradford Cannon Copy Share Image
Chance throws peculiar conditions in everyone's way. If we apply intelligence, patience and special vision, we are rewarded with new creative breakthroughs. — Walter Bradford Cannon Copy Share Image
The steady states of the fluid matrix of the body are commonly preserved by physiological reactions, i.e., by more complicated processes than are involved… — Walter Bradford Cannon Copy Share Image
I will always remember you, even though you had no idea I was even in the room. My words wouldn't come, I could only… — Walter Bradford Cannon Copy Share Image
Anger is an emotion preeminently serviceable for the display of power. — Walter Bradford Cannon Copy Share Image
