Martin William Flack CBE (20 March 1882 – 16 August 1931) was a British physiologist who co-discovered the sinoatrial node with Sir Arthur Keith in 1907.
Flack later became demonstrator of physiology at the London Hospital and later a lecturer. He served on the Medical Research Council and became the director of medical research for the Royal Air Force. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours.
Selected publications
- A Textbook of Physiology (1919)
References
Silverman, M. E; Hollman, A. (1 October 2007). "Discovery of the sinus node by Keith and Flack: on the centennial of their 1907 publication". Heart. 93 (10): 1184–1187. doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.105049. PMC 2000948. PMID 17890694. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2000948 ↩
"No. 31098". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1919. p. 92. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31098/supplement/92 ↩