Albert R. Behnke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAlbert R. Behnke
American physician
Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1903
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 16-Jan-1992
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Albert R. Behnke
- Captain Albert Richard Behnke Jr.
- USN (ret.) (August 8, 1903 – January 16, 1992) was an American physician, who was principally responsible for developing the U.S.
- Naval Medical Research Institute.
- Behnke separated the symptoms of Arterial Gas Embolism (AGE) from those of decompression sickness and suggested the use of oxygen in recompression therapy.Behnke is also known as the "modern-day father" of human body composition for his work in developing the hydrodensitometry method of measuring body density, his standard man and woman models as well as a somatogram based on anthropometric measurements.
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