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Sherrington
[ sher-ing-tuhn ]
noun
- Sir Charles Scott, 1861–1952, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1932.
Sherrington
/ ˈʃɛrɪŋtən /
noun
- SherringtonSir Charles Scott18571952MEnglishSCIENCE: physiologist Sir Charles Scott. 1857–1952, English physiologist, noted for his work on reflex action, published in The Integrative Action of the Nervous System (1906): shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine with Adrian (1932)
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Sherrington was wounded to death on the spot, to the great regret of those who knew him.
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On the other side of the vale are three interesting villages, beautifully placed—Stockton, Sherrington and Boyton.
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Harry Brackett was standing almost behind Sherrington as the stage-manager made this speech.
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Then turning to Sherrington he explained: "We used to say that the managers wouldn't 'touch' it, so the people couldn't 'go.'"
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Now and then either Carpenter or Brackett made a suggestion or a criticism, but both yielded to Sherrington, if he was insistent.
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