title: Professor Joseph Warren Horton (1889-1967): biological engineer.
abstract: Joseph Warren Horton graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1914. He became involved in the early development of electrical measurement devices, televised image transmission, and the detection of underwater sound transmission. In the mid-1930s he was appointed the first leader of the newly created Department of Biological Engineering at MIT and in this position he made major contributions to the application of physics to human physiology, in particular by increasing the safety of explosive inhalational anaesthetic agents.
authors.affiliation: 232 Allandale Road, Unit 2C, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA. AandGZeitlin@aol.com
authors.forename: Gerald L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Zeitlin
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000266:history; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000266:history / Q000592:standards; D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000266:history*; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000266:history; D005107:Explosions / Q000517:prevention & control; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000266:history; D014495:Universities / Q000266:history; D047789:World War II
chemical_list: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation