A History of Endocrinology
o history of endocrinology can be written without reference N to Sir Humphry Davy Rolleston, whose monumental study of the subject appeared in 1936 under the modest subtitle: The Endocrine Organs in Health and Disease with an Historical Review. It was based on the author's Fitzpatrick Lectures...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1982, 1982
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1982 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Section I: The History
- 1 Prehistoric Times
- 2 The Ancient Chinese
- 3 The Egyptians
- 4 The Hindus
- 5 The Jews and the Bible
- 6 The Greeks
- 7 The Graeco-Roman Period (156Bc-576Ad)
- 8 The Byzantine Period (395-1453Ad)
- 9 Evidence of Endocrine Disorders on other Prehistoric and Ancient Communities
- 10 L’envoy to the Ancients
- 11 The Mediaeval Scene
- 12 The 16th Century and the Renaissance
- 13 The 17th Century and the Microscopists
- 14 The 18th Century and the Beginning of The 19th Century
- 15 The Birth of Endocrinology — Part I
- 16 The Birth of Endocrinology — Part II
- 17 The Birth of Endocrinology — Part III
- 18 The Troubled and Exciting Years of the First Four Decades of the 20th Century — Part I
- 19 The First Four Decades of the 20th Century — Part II
- 20 The Americans
- 21 Present Trends and Outlook for the Future — Part I
- 22 Present Trends and Outlook for the Future — Part II
- 23 Present Trends and Outlook for the Future — Part III
- Section II: Biographies
- Section II: Biographies
- Chronological Tables
- Postscript
- Name Index