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en-wikipedia-org-5694		Homer W. Smith - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1983	242	71	Homer William Smith (January 2, 1895 – March 25, 1962) was an American physiologist and science writer known for his experiments on the kidney and philosophical writings on natural history and the theory of evolution. From 1928 until his retirement in 1961 he was the Professor of Physiology and Director of the Physiological Laboratories at New York University School of Medicine.[8] Smith was a leader in the field of renal physiology.[9] His elegant experiments on the kidney in the 1930s proved beyond any doubt that it operated according to physical principles, both as a filter and a secretory organ, eliminating the last vestige of vitalism in physiology.[10] He used inulin (at the same time as A. As a memorial to Smith in 1963 the New York Heart Association created the Homer W.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5694.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5694.txt