Arthur Keith

Biography

• Born February 5, 1866 in Aberdeen, Scotland
• MD
• 1908 – Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons of England
• 1921 – Knighted
• 1918-1923 Professor of physiology at the Royal Institution of Great Britain
• 1930-1933 Rector of the University of Aberdeen
• FRS
• Died January 7, 1955 in Downe, Kent, England

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Medical Eponyms

Node of Keith-Flack (1907)

[aka Keith-Flack node; SA node; sino-atrial node]

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Major Publications

• Keith A, Flack MW. The auriculo-ventricular bundle of the human heart. Lancet 1906; 168(4328): 359-364. [Re-print. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol. 2004;9(4):400-409]
• Keith A, Flack M. The Form and Nature of the Muscular Connections between the Primary Divisions of the Vertebrate Heart. J Anat Physiol. 1907;41(Pt 3):172-189. [Keith-Flack node]
• Keith A. Report on the human and animal remains found at Halling, Kent. 1914
• Keith A. The antiquity of man. 1915
• Keith A. Menders of the maimed; the anatomical & Physiological principles underlying the treatment of injuries to muscles, nerves, bones, & joints. 1919
• Keith A. Human embryology and morphology. 1921
• Keith A. Concerning Man’s Origin. 1927
• Keith A. A New Theory of Human Evolution. 1948
• Keith A. An Autobiography. 1950

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References

• Willus FA. Sir Arthur Keith. In: Classics of cardiology. 1941: 743-762
• le Gros Clark WE. Arthur Keith, 1866-1955. Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc.1955; 1: 1145–161
• Plaster death mask of Sir Arthur Keith, 1955. Royal College of Surgeons
• Sir Arthur Keith (1866–1955). Nature 1966; 209: 560–561
• Sir Arthur Keith (1866-1955). Keith-Flack node. JAMA. 1967;200(2):164-165
• Hill MA. Embryology History – Arthur Keith. Embryology
• Biography: Keith, Sir Arthur (1866 – 1955). Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows Online. Royal College of Surgeons of England.
• Bibliography. Keith, Arthur Sir 1866-1955. WorldCat Identities