Sir Charles Sherrington (1861 - 1952)

Sherringtons work on the reflex action of the nervous system greatly influenced modern physiology. He published his work in 1906 in which he explained how the nerves co-ordinate and dominate the bodies functions, he showed the process by which the brain, spinal cord and numerous reflex pathways control the activites of the body. Through this reflex action the entire body adjusts to a stimulus or the environment.