Bowditch, H. P. (Henry Pickering), 1840-1911

Bowditch (Harvard, A.B. 1861; M.D. 1868) studied physiology in Leipzig with Carl Ludwig, whose laboratory was the center for physiological study. He returned to Boston in 1871 and taught physiology at the Harvard Medical School; was appointed as first George Higginson Professor of Physiology; and with the establishment of the first physiological laboratory, brought German technological methods to the U.S. He helped in planning the Harvard Medical School and was active in public affairs, including service on the Committee of Fifty on the Alcohol Problem. Bowditch established the American Journal of Physiology. His research interests were in bacteriology, experimental psychology, pharmacology and surgery, and growth of children.

Physiologist. Dean of Harvard Medical School 1883 to 1893. Author of "Is Harvard a University?"

Physiologist and author.

Bowditch (Harvard, A.B., 1861) taught physiology and was Dean of the Harvard Medical School.

Bowditch (Harvard, A.B., 1861; M.D., 1868) studied physiology in Leipzig with Carl Ludwig, whose laboratory was the center for physiological study. He returned to Boston in 1871 and taught physiology at the Harvard Medical School; was appointed as first George Higginson Professor of Physiology; and with the establishment of the first physiological laboratory, brought German technological methods to the U.S. He was active in public affairs, including service on the Committee of Fifty on the Alcohol Problem. Bowditch established the American Journal of Physiology. His research interests were in bacteriology, experimental psychology, pharmacology, surgery, and growth of children.

Bowditch (Harvard, A.B. 1861; M.D. 1868) studied physiology in Leipzig with Carl Ludwig, whose laboratory was the center for physiological study. He returned to Boston in 1871 and taught physiology at the Harvard Medical School; was appointed as first George Higginson Professor of Physiology; and with the establishment of the first physiological laboratory, brought German technological methods to the U.S. He was active in public affairs, including service on the Committee of Fifty on the Alcohol Problem. Bowditch established the American Journal of Physiology. His research interests were in bacteriology, experimental psychology, pharmacology, surgery, and growth of children.