Abstract
The year 2000 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edward Albert Schäfer (Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer). Affiliated first with University College, London, and then with Edinburgh University, Schfer made monumental contributions to the fields of histology, physiology, endocrinology, and practical medicine. This paper traces his professional life and emphasizes his seminal contributions to the neurosciences, which include his findings in support of neuron doctrine, his research on cortical localization in monkeys, his discovery of adrenaline and its place in the history of neural transmission, and his studies on recovery after nerve damage. Author of many histology and physiology books, founder of the “Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology”, and mentor to many students who achieved great fame themselves, Schäfer was an active teacher and researcher, a man who remained committed to his vision of medicine based on laboratory science until he died in 1935.
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