Isidor Rosenthal was a German physiologist who was a native of Labischin.

In 1859 he received his doctorate from the University of Berlin, where he was a student of Emil du Bois-Reymond

Emil du Bois-Reymond

Emil du Bois-Reymond was a German physician and physiologist, the discoverer of nerve action potential, and the father of experimental electrophysiology.-Life:...

 (1818-1896). Afterwards he remained in Berlin as an assistant at the institute of physiology, where in 1867 he became an assistant professor. In 1872 he was appointed professor of physiology at the University of Erlangen.

Rosenthal made contributions in the physiological research of respiration

Respiration (physiology)

'In physiology, respiration is defined as the transport of oxygen from the outside air to the cells within tissues, and the transport of carbon dioxide in the opposite direction...

, and in investigations of heat regulation in warm-blooded animals. He was the author of several articles in Ludimar Hermann

Ludimar Hermann

Ludimar Hermann was a German physiologist and speech scientist who used the Edison phonograph to test theories of vowel production, particularly those of Robert Willis and Charles Wheatstone. He coined the word formant, a term of importance in modern acoustic phonetics...

's Lehrbuch der Physiologie, and in 1881 became editor of the scientific journal Biologisches Zentralblatt. His book Allgemeine Physiologie der Muskeln und Nerven (General Physiology of Muscles and Nerves) was later translated into English.

Selected publications

• Die Athembewegungen und Ihre Beziehungen zum Nervus Vagus, (Breathing Motions and their Relationship with the Vagus nerve
  Vagus nerve
  The vagus nerve , also called pneumogastric nerve or cranial nerve X, is the tenth of twelve paired cranial nerves...
  
  ); Berlin, 1862
• Zur Kenntniss der Wärmeregulirung bei den Warmblütigen Thieren, (Regarding Regulatory Heat in Warm-blooded Animals) Erlangen, 1872
• Elektricitätslehre für Mediziner und Elektrotherapie, (Lessons on Electricity for Physicians and Electrotherapy
  Electrotherapy
  Electrotherapy is the use of electrical energy as a medical treatment In medicine, the term electrotherapy can apply to a variety of treatments, including the use of electrical devices such as deep brain stimulators for neurological disease. The term has also been applied specifically to the use of...
  
  ); ib. 1862 (3d ed., with Martin Bernhardt
  Martin Bernhardt
  Martin Bernhardt was a noted German neuropathologist.Bernhardt was a native of Potsdam. In 1867 he received his medical doctorate at the University of Berlin, where he was a student of Rudolf Virchow and Ludwig Traube...
  
  (1844-1915), 1882
• Allgemeine Physiologie der Muskeln und Nerven (General Physiology of Muscles and Nerves), Leipsic, 1878 (2d ed. 1898)
• Bier und Branntwein in Ihren Beziehungen zur Volksgesundheitspflege, (Beer and Spirits in its Importance to Public Health), Berlin, 1881
• Vorlesungen über Oeffentliche und Private Gesundheitspflege (Lectures on Public and Private Health Care); Erlangen, 1887