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15th APS President (1935-1937)
Frank Charles Mann
(1887-1962)
During Frank C. Mann's term as president, APS was preoccupied with
preparations for its Semicentennial Celebration to take place at the annual
Federation meeting to be held in Baltimore in 1938. Born on the family farm
in Indiana, Mann received his B.A. (1911), M.D. (1913), and M.A. (1914)
degrees from Indiana University. His early work in surgical shock while
instructor of experimental surgery at the University of Indiana led to his
appointment in 1914 as Director of Experimental Medicine and Pathological
Anatomy at the Mayo Clinic. In 1915, when the Mayo Foundation was created as
part of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota, Mann became
assistant professor of experimental surgery. He became associate professor
in 1918 and held the rank of professor from 1921 to his retirement in 1952.
All together, several hundred graduate students, mostly fellows of the Mayo
Foundation, worked in his laboratory.
A prolific investigator, Mann was noted for his exceptional surgical
skill. He was a pioneer in the experimental removal of the liver. By using
hepatectomized animals, he was able to establish the crucial role of the
liver in supplying glucose to the body and in the formation of urea. He also
contributed to the pathogenesis of diseases of the digestive system,
including peptic ulcer, pancreatitis, and cholecystitis. During both World
War I and World War II, he was associated with the National Research
Council's efforts to study traumatic shock.
Before his election to the presidency in 1935, Mann served as secretary
of the Society from 1932 to 1935. He was a member of the Board of
Publication Trustees from 1946 to 1951 and also served as chairman of the
board of Annual Review of Physiology for many years during the period
that the Society exercised joint control of its publication. In his
prefatory chapter for Annual Review of Physiology in 1955, Mann
recalled:
"I received the honor of membership in the American Physiological Society in
1916, and gave my first paper before the society at the Minneapolis and
Rochester meeting in 1917. I found so much inspiration, pleasure, and value
in these meetings that I attended every one for 35 years."
Selected Publications
1. Anonymous. Frank Charles Mann, 1887-1962. Physiologist 15: 1-3,
1972.
2. Essex, H. E. Dr. Frank C. Mann. Physiologist 6: 66-69, 1963.
3. Howell, W. H., and C. W. Greene. History of the American
Physiological Society Semicentennial, 1887-1937. Baltimore, MD: Am.
Physiol. Soc., 1938, p. 160-161.
4. Mann, F. C. To the physiologically inclined. Annu. Rev. Physiol.
17: 1-16, 1955.
5. Visscher, M. B. Frank Charles Mann, September 11, 1887-September 30,
1962. Biogr. Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 38: 161-204, 1965.
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