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Selye

American  
[zel-ye] / ˈzɛl jɛ /

noun

  1. Hans, 1907–82, Canadian physician and medical educator, born in Austria.


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In his 1936 personal-development opus “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” Dale Carnegie quoted the Vienna-born scientist Hans Selye: “As much as we thirst for approval, we dread condemnation.”

From New York Times Apr. 4, 2017

Everything comes around; Dr Hans Selye looked into this many years ago.

From New York Times Aug. 6, 2016

It could also explain the notion of “eustress,” invented by endocrinologist Hans Selye to refer to a combination of euphoria and stress, such as that resulting from watching tense sporting events.

From Seattle Times Feb. 16, 2014

Last week, 14 years after his bittersweet experiment, Dr. Selye returned to Montreal after a triumphal tour of the medical capitals of Europe and the Americas.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Selye could not tell: all he knew was that he has never had a heart attack.

From Time Magazine Archive

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