Fritz Rohrer (1888–1926) was a Swiss physician, specialised in

respiratory physiology In physiology, respiration is the movement of oxygen from the outside environment to the cells within tissues, and the removal of carbon dioxide in the opposite direction that's to the environment. The physiological definition of respiration di ...

. In 1915 he published an analysis of the flow of air in the human lung and its relationship to pressure, based on detailed measurements of the pulmonary airways. This was followed in 1916 by a study of pulmonary statics, with measurements of pressure in the airways at various lung volumes. In 1921 he proposed the corpulence index or Rohrer Index, apparently on the basis of observations by

Galileo Galilei Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Commonly referred to as Galileo, his name was pronounced (, ). He wa ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rohrer, Fritz 20th-century Swiss physicians 1888 births 1926 deaths Swiss pulmonologists