Austin Flint II, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American physiologist
Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1836
Place of Birth: Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 21-Sep-1915
Profession: physiologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Austin Flint II
- Austin Flint II (March 28, 1836 – September 21, 1915) was an American physician.
- He carried out extensive experimental investigations in human physiology and made several important discoveries.
- He assisted in establishing the glycogenic function of the liver; showed that one of the functions of the liver is to separate from the blood the cholesterin, which is a product of the nervous system.
- and which, becoming a constituent of the bile, is afterward converted into what he named "stercorin" (better known as coprosterol), the odorous principle of feces.
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