Abstract
THE endocrine principles are of interest from three aspects, clinical, chemical and social, for there is often an attempt to ascribe differences of personality to their variations. Recently it is on the chemical side that most progress has been made, many of the principles having been isolated in pure crystalline form and even synthesised, so that it is possible to make the physiological study of the mechanism of their action with material of definite composition and structure. There is progress too on theiclinical side,, though these aspects are more a matter of controversy. Internal secretions are produced by the thyroid, parathyroid, pituitary and adrenal glands, by the islet tissues of the pancreas, the mucous membrane of the intestine and the organs of reproduction. From these there has been isolated thyroxine, adrenaline, insulin and oestrin in crystalline form, and there is presumptive evidence for other compounds.
Recent Advances in Endocrinology.
By Prof. A. T. Cameron. Pp. vii + 365. (London: J. and A. Churchill, 1933.) 15s.
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Recent Advances in Endocrinology. Nature 135, 48 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135048a0
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