Dr. Corneille Jean François Heymans (March 28, 1892 - July 18, 1968) was a Belgian physiologist who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1938 for for showing how blood pressure and oxygen content of the blood are measured by the body and transmitted to the brain. He suceeded his father, Jean-François Heymans, at the Ghent University as a professor of pharmacology. Heymans married Dr. Berthe May in 1929 and had four children. March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Physiology (in Greek physis = nature and logos = word) is the study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Blood pressure is the pressure exerted by the blood on the walls of the blood vessels. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Oxygen, O, 8 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 16 (VIA), 2, p Density, Hardness 1. ... Red blood cells (erythrocytes) are present in the blood and help carry oxygen to the rest of the cells in the body Blood is a circulating tissue composed of fluid plasma and cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets). ... In the anatomy of animals, the brain, or encephalon, is the supervisory center of the nervous system. ... Ghent University (in Dutch, Universiteit Gent, abbreviated UGent) is one of the two large Flemish universities. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

External links

• Corneille Heymans, (1892 - 1968), Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology and Medicine 1938 (http://www.belgium.be/eportal/application?languageParameter=en&pageid=contentPage&docId=24907)
• Nobel Foundation Biography (http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1938/heymans-bio.html)