He was among the first scientists who pointed out to the role of the adrenal glands in body's thermoregulation[REF][REF] and is considered as one of the pioneers in the research of hypothermia.
In the Institute for Physiology of Serbia, which he founded in 1910 and made it a world class scientific facility, he was succeeded by his student Radoslav Anđus (1926-2003) who continued his work and the resulting scientific approach became known as the "Belgrade's School of physiology" [REF].