page_title: Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
hierarchical_section_title: Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
caption_attribution_description: English: Subject: Schmidt-Nielsen, Bodil &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Schmidt-Nielsen, Knut 1915- &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Wagner, Barbara &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Duke University Type: Black-and-white photographs Topic: Physiology &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Zoology &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Camels &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Women scientists Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-2749] Summary: left to right: Bodil Mimi Krogh Schmidt-Nielsen (b. 1918), Knut Schmidt-Nielsen (1915-2007), and Barbara Wagner. The Schmidt-Nielsens were professors in comparative physiology at Duke University and Wagner was a secretary in the Duke zoology department. They are shown with research equipment being assembled for an expedition to the Sahara Desert to study camels. In the left foreground is a scale used for weighing camels Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archivess Persistent URL:Link to data base record Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution.
context_page_description: Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen was a Danish-born American physiologist, who became the first woman president of the American Physiological Society in 1975.
context_section_description: Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (3 November 1918 – 27 April 2015) was a Danish-born American physiologist, who became the first woman president of the American Physiological Society in 1975.
caption: Bodil Mimi Krogh Schmidt-Nielsen, Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, and Barbara Wagner.
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