Shock researcher Walter Cannon coined this word for an organism's ability to maintain internal equilibrium
.... During 
the early 20th century, the American physiologist Walter Cannon, whose ... for 
maintaining both psychological and social equilibrium were analogous to those 
..... by 'super-industrial societies', coining the term 'future shock to describe the... [DOC] [TLE] Concepts of Scientific Integrative Medicine Applied to the Physiology ... [PAR] Concepts of Scientific Integrative Medicine Applied to the Physiology and 
Pathophysiology of Catecholamine Systems.