My forty-three years with in situ small and large blood vessels.

In this review, I chronicle some of my research on small and large blood vessels in vivo. This research was a direct outgrowth of research conducted by my advisor, Maurice B. Visscher, and his research was in turn greatly influenced by one of his advisors, Ernest H. Starling. My research was also stimulated and influenced by the tremendous activity in cardiac surgery and, to a lesser extent, poliomyelitis research while I was in training at the University of Minnesota. The contributions of Starling and Visscher and the environment at the University of Minnesota during the development of cardiac surgery set the stage for my small and large blood vessel research.