Wilfred Simmonds

W.J. Simmonds has done original and distinguished research in mammalian physiology particularly in regard to the qualitative and quantitative aspects of absorption of protein, fluid and red cells from the lungs serous cavities and the sub-arachnoid space and into the physiology of the absorption of long-chain fatty acids and cholesterol from the gut. His discoveries have had important implications for the understanding and treatment of pulmonary oedema, sub-arachnoid haemorrhage and ascites, for a variety of malabsorption syndromes, and for, coronary heart disease. Simmonds' research into the effects of fat absorption on intestinal lymph production, his investigations on the role of bile salts, phospholipids and other natural detergents in the formation of lipid micelles and his quantitative analysis of the interrelationships of gastro-intestinal motility, lymph flow and bile and pancreatic secretions during fat absorption represent, in their sum, a distinguished and sustained, definitive contribution to medical science.

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