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Obituary Joshua Harold Burn (1892-1981)

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Books

  • Burn JH (1928) Methods of biological assay. Oxford University Press, London

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  • Burn JH (1930) The estimation of digitalis by pigeon emesis and other methods. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 39:221–240

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  • Bourne AW, Burn JH (1930) Action on the human uterus by anaesthetics and other drugs commonly used in labour. Br Med J II:87–89

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  • Burn JH, Tainter ML (1931) An analysis of the effect of cocaine on the actions of adrenaline and tyramine. J Physiol (Lond) 71:169–193

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  • Bülbring E, Burn JH (1936) The Sherrington phenomenon. J Physiol (Lond) 86:61–76

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  • Bülbring E, Burn JH (1938) The action of tyramine and adrenaline on the denervated nictitating membrane. J Physiol (Lond) 91:459–473

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  • Bülbring E, Burn JH (1940) The effect of sympathomimetic and other substances on the contraction of skeletal muscle. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 68:150–172

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  • Bülbring E, Burn JH (1941) Observations bearing on synaptic transmission by acetylcholine in the spinal cord. J Physiol (Lond) 100:337–368

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  • Bülbring E, Burn JH (1949) Liberation of noradrenaline from the adrenal medulla by splanchnic stimulation. Nature 163:363

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  • Burn JH, Hutcheon DE, Parker RHO (1950) Adrenaline and noradrenaline in the suprarenal medulla after insulin. Br J Pharmacol 5:417–423

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  • Burn JH, Langeman H, Parker RHO (1951) Noradrenaline in the whale suprarenal medulla. J Physiol (Lond) 113:123–128

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  • Blaschko H, Burn JH, Carter CW (1951) L-Dopa decarboxylase and pressor amine formation in the adrenal medulla. J Physiol (Lond) 115:37P–38P

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  • Kordik P, Bülbring E, Burn JH (1952) Ciliary movement and acetylcholine. Br J Pharmacol 7:67–79

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  • Burn JH, Robinson J (1952) Effect of denervation on amine oxidase in structures innervated by the sympathetic. Br J Pharmacol 7:304–318

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  • Burn JH, Kottegoda SR (1953) Action of eserine on the auricles of the rabbit heart. J Physiol (Lond) 121:360–373

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  • Fleckenstein A, Burn JH (1953) The effect of denervation on the action of sympathomimetic amines on the nictitating membrane. Br J Pharmacol 8:69–78

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  • Burn JH (1953) Acetylcholine and the heart beat. Lancet I:1161–1164

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  • Burn JH, Rand MJ (1957) Reserpine and noradrenaline in artery walls. Lancet II:1097

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Vogt, M. (1982). Obituary Joshua Harold Burn (1892-1981). In: Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Volume 94. Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, vol 94. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0031331

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