Hendrik Zwaardemaker
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Dutch physiologist
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Hendrik Zwaardemaker's Degrees
- Doctorate Medicine University of Amsterdam
- PhD Physiology University of Amsterdam
Why Is Hendrik Zwaardemaker Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Hendrik Zwaardemaker was a Dutch scientist who invented the olfactometer in 1888. From 1897 to 1927 he was professor of Experimental Physiology at the University of Utrecht. In 1903 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In addition to his work on the sense of smell, he also conducted research on the human heart. He found that salts of potassium and other radioactive elements stimulated the heart. His major work was "Die Physiologie des Geruchs" , it appeared in 1895.
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