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Selye

American  
[zel-ye] / ˈzɛl yɛ /

noun

  1. Hans, 1907–82, Canadian physician and medical educator, born in Austria.


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In his 1936 personal-development opus “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” Dale Carnegie quoted the Vienna-born scientist Hans Selye: “As much as we thirst for approval, we dread condemnation.”

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2017

Everything comes around; Dr Hans Selye looked into this many years ago.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2016

It could also explain the notion of “eustress,” invented by endocrinologist Hans Selye to refer to a combination of euphoria and stress, such as that resulting from watching tense sporting events.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2014

The body's physical response to stress�alarm, resistance and exhaustion�can cause disease and death, Selye demonstrated.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, 14 years after his bittersweet experiment, Dr. Selye returned to Montreal after a triumphal tour of the medical capitals of Europe and the Americas.

From Time Magazine Archive