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06.04.2022 | Editorial
Joseph Milic-Emili and his contribution to respiratory physiology
verfasst von:
Giuseppe Miserocchi
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Applied Physiology
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Ausgabe 6/2022
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On Jan 8, 2022, Prof. Joseph Milic Emili (more simply called Milic) passed away at the age of 91. He was born in 1931 in the village of Sezana (Slovenia, at the border of Italy); he was destined to become a leading figure in the field of respiratory physiology and pathophysiology. He made his medical studies at University of Milano where he graduated in 1955 under the supervision of Professor Margaria (at the time the chairman of the Istituto di Fisiologia Umana) who introduced him to “
the quantitative analysis of the data making use of diagrams and mathematics”; further, he became promptly aware to “
find himself among a unique breed of high level investigators” (Milic-Emili
2002). …