title: From Claude Bernard to Walter Cannon. Emergence of the concept of homeostasis.
abstract: Roots of current conceptions of the regulation of states of the body through negative feedback mechanisms are traced back to Bernard's ideas on active stabilisation of bodily states against disturbances from the outside, revived by Henderson and Haldane, and crystallised in Cannon's concept of homeostasis.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Liverpool, Bedford Street South, Liverpool, UK. J.C.G.Halford@Liverpool.ac.uk
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D010829:Physiological Phenomena; D010827:Physiology / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States