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Isaac Ott (30 November 1847 – 1 January 1916) was an American physician and a professor of physiology. A pioneer of experimental physiology in the United States, his influential Textbook of Physiology went into five editions during his lifetime. Ott conducted animal experiments and contributed to the understanding of the regulation of body temperature by the corpora striata in the brain, the role of fever, and the use of antipyretics in treatment.