Bülbring, Edith (1903–1990)
Bülbring, Edith (1903–1990)
German pharmacologist and physiologist. Name variations: Edith Bulbring or Buelbring. Born Dec 27, 1903, in Bonn, Germany; died July 5, 1990; dau. of a professor of English at University of Bonn; mother was Dutch; attended University of Bonn (1923–25).
Known for pharmacology research and expertise in smooth muscle physiology, received medical training in Bonn, Freiburg, and Munich (1925–28); collaborated with Ulrich Friedemann as clinical research assistant at Virchow Hospital's Infectious Disease Unit in Berlin (1933); worked as J.H. Burn's research assistant at London's Pharmaceutical Society (1933–37); moved with him to University of Oxford's Department of Pharmacology, where she served as pharmacology department demonstrator (1937–46), lecturer and university demonstrator (1946–60), reader (1960–67) and professor (1967–71); created and collaborated with international team of smooth-muscle researchers (mid-1950s) until retirement, studying electrical activity, drug and transmitters response, ion levels, oxygen consumption, and nerve activity of smooth muscle. Made a fellow of Royal Society (1958); received Wellcome Gold Medal in Pharmacology (1985).