Martin William Flack CBE (20 March 1882 – 16 August 1931) was a British physiologist who co-discovered the sinoatrial node with Sir Arthur Keith in 1907.[1]
Flack later became demonstrator of physiology at the London Hospital and later a lecturer. He served on the Medical Research Council and became the director of medical research for the Royal Air Force. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours.[2]
Selected publications
edit- A Textbook of Physiology (1919)
References
edit- ^ Silverman, M. E; Hollman, A. (1 October 2007). "Discovery of the sinus node by Keith and Flack: on the centennial of their 1907 publication". Heart. 93 (10): 1184–1187. doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.105049. PMC 2000948. PMID 17890694.1184-1187&rft.date=2007-10-01&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2000948#id-name=PMC&rft_id=info:pmid/17890694&rft_id=info:doi/10.1136/hrt.2006.105049&rft.aulast=Silverman&rft.aufirst=M. E&rft.au=Hollman, A.&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2000948&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Martin Flack" class="Z3988">
- ^ "No. 31098". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1919. p. 92.