Yandell Henderson (April 23, 1873 – February 18, 1944) was an Americanphysiologist.[1][2]TheNew York Times called him an "expert on gases" and "an authority on thephysiology ofrespiration and circulation and onpharmacology andtoxicology of gases".[2] He was also noted for new methods inresuscitation.[1][2]Henderson was a director of the Yale Laboratory of Applied Physiology atYale University,[1][2] a member of theNational Academy of Sciences,[1] chairman of the section of physiology and pathology of theAmerican Medical Association.[3]He was also a member of theAmerican Philosophical Society.[1] A collection of his papers are held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.[4]
Beyond his scientific contributions, Henderson acted as a leading advocate of public health, especially in his opposition to the use oftetraethyl lead in gasoline in the early 1920s.[5][6] Though he did not succeed in preventing its commercialization, his warnings predicted the public health consequences that would result. Fifty years later, in 1973, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued regulations controlling the lead content of gasoline. He was a member of theConnecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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