Albert R. Behnke
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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.[2] Behnke separated the symptoms of Arterial Gas Embolism (AGE) from those of decompression sickness and suggested the use of oxygen in recompression therapy.[3][4]
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Albert Richard Behnke Jr., MD | |
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Nickname(s) | McGinty[1] |
Born | (1903-08-08)August 8, 1903 Chicago, Illinois |
Died | January 16, 1992(1992-01-16) (aged 88) San Francisco, California |
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/ | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1929–1959 |
Rank | Captain |
Awards | Navy and Marine Corps Medal |
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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.[5]