Albert R. Behnke Military person

Captain Albert Richard Behnke Jr. USN (ret.) (August 8, 1903 – January 16, 1992) was an American physician, who was principally responsible for developing the U.S. Naval Medical Research Institute. Behnke separated the symptoms of Arterial Gas Embolism (AGE) from those of decompression sickness and suggested the use of oxygen in recompression therapy.Behnke is also known as the "modern-day father" of human body composition for his work in developing the hydrodensitometry method of measuring body density, his standard man and woman models as well as a somatogram based on anthropometric measurements.

Personal facts

Birth dateAugust 08, 1903
Birth place
Chicago
Date of deathJanuary 16, 1992
Place of death
San Francisco

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allegianceUnited States of America
award
Navy and Marine Corps Medal
military branch
United States Navy
service start1929
service end1959

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  1. http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/xmlui/search?query=%22Behnke+AR%22
  2. http://archives.mc.duke.edu/mcauhmsbehnke.html
  3. http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt4c603551&doc.view=entire_text&brand=oac