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Arnold Durig
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Nationality
Austrian
Fields
Physiology
Name
Arnold Durig
Born
12 November 1872
Innsbruck, Austria (
1872-11-12
)
Alma mater
University of Innsbruck
Died
October 18, 1961, Schruns, Austria
Education
University of Innsbruck
Notable awards
Lieben Prize (1906)
Arnold Durig (12 November 1872 – 18 October 1961) was an Austrian physiologist remembered for his investigations involving physiological and pathophysiological aspects of individuals exposed to high altitude conditions.
He very probably served as the model for the "impartial person" in Sigmund Freud's polemic booklet "The Question of Lay Analysis: Conversations with an Impartial Person" (1926).
Decorations and awards
1906: Lieben Prize (Imperial Academy of Sciences, Vienna)
1917: Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
1953: Corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Officer's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph, with war decoration
Military Merit Medal (Austria-Hungary)
Decoration of Honour for Services to the Red Cross, 1st class
Red Cross Medal, 1st and 2nd class (Prussia)
Honorary citizen of the City of Vienna (1932)
Freeman of Tschagguns
In Montafon, streets are named after Arnold Durig: Hofrat-Durig-Weg in Schruns and Hofrat-Durig-Straße in the Latschau district of Tschagguns
Arnold Durig and Lorenz Böhler are commemorated by the Durig-Böhler Prize awarded in Vorarlberg
The Arnold Durig Award is awarded periodically by the Austrian Society for Nutrition to and the Arnold Durig Memorial Lecture is given at the Society's annual meetings.
Selected writings
Beiträge zur Physiologie des Menschen im Hochgebirge. Internationales Institut für Hochgebirgsforschungen Monte Rosa 1903, 1904 - Contributions in regards to the physiology of people living in the mountains. International Research Institute for high altitude research at Monte Rosa in 1903.
Physiologische Ergebnisse der im Jahre 1906 durchgeführten Monte Rosa-Expedition (1909, second edition 1911) - Results of physiological work conducted on the 1906 Monte Rosa expedition.
Zum Ernährungsproblem Österreichs, 1920 - On the problem of nutrition in Austria.
Appetit : Vortrag, 1925 - Appetite: Lectures.
Die Grundlagen der praktischen Ernährungslehre, 1928 - The basics of practical nutrition education.
Über die physiologischen Grundlagen der Atemübungen, 1931 - The physiological principles of breathing exercises.
Über Blutdruck und Blutdruckmessung, 1932 - On blood pressure and blood pressure measurement.
