The early history of endocrinology

Endocrinology may be defined as the science of the ductless glands, and is thus a branch of physiology. I have not attempted, in this essay, to cover the history of endocrine anatomy, nor have I searched for early references to diseases such as diabetes mellitus or cretinism, diseases which were described long before they were shown to have any association with the endocrine system. Only those clinical observations which have contributed to our knowledge of the physiological role of the ductless glands, have been mentioned.

Grantor dc:publisher

The University of Edinburgh

Year dc:date.issued

1956

Author dc:creator

• Horton, Eric William

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1842/34676

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:era.ed.ac.uk:1842/34676