Myocardial oxygen consumption is determined by the work of the heart and is a function of arterial blood pressure and heart rate. — James Black Blood Copy Share Image
As analytical pharmacologists, what we are allowed to see of a new molecule's properties is totally dependent on the techniques of bioassay… — James Black Allowed Copy Share Image
[I] learnt, for the first time, the joys of substituting hard, disciplined study for the indulgence of day-dreaming. — James Black Biographies Copy Share Image
Peer reviewers go for orthodoxy ... Many of the great 19th-century discoveries were made by men who had independent wealth-Charles Darwin is… — James Black 19th century Copy Share Image
I have never wanted to check out the family folklore that we could be traced back to a dominie at the hamlet… — James Black Back Copy Share Image
The techniques have galloped ahead of the concepts. We have moved away from studying the complexity of the organism; from processes and… — James Black Biology Copy Share Image
In research, I wanted to establish the medicinal chemistry/bioassay conjugation as an academic pursuit, as exciting to the imagination as astrophysics or… — James Black Biology Copy Share Image
Analytical pharmacology has got an important and exciting future. — James Black Future Copy Share Image
Clinically, angina pectoris was known to be precipitated by anxiety and emotion just as well as by exercise. — James Black Anxiety Copy Share Image