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Sir Leonard Erskine Hill
(2 Jun 1866 - 30 Mar 1952)
British physiologist whose research included many studies on the regulation of breathing and the effects of oxygen. Hill is credited with designing the first bedside oxygen tent. A minor, but intriguing discovery was that after inhaling oxygen, a singer could better sustain a note or trill, about which he suggested oxygen-enhanced music could be specially written.
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Science Quotes by Sir Leonard Erskine Hill (1 quote)
Experimental evidence is strongly in favor of my argument that the chemical purity of the air is of no importance.
— Sir Leonard Erskine Hill
Lecturer on Physiology at London Hospital, in 'Impure Air Not Unhealthful If Stirred and Cooled,' in The New York Times, September 22, 1912.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
