Harvey Cushing as clinical investigator and laboratory worker

This essay is not a history of the pituitary gland, or an abbreviated life of dishing, or a comprehensive review of hypophysial endocrinology. What is attempted is a short evaluation of this medical “classic” as a contribution to the history of ideas about the function of the anterior pituitary and...

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Published in:The American journal of the medical sciences 1981-05, Vol.281 (2), p.79-96
Main Author: Christy, Nicholas P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical Laboratory Techniques - history
Cushing
Harvey Cushing
History of endocrinology
History of medicine
History, 20th Century
Humans
Hypophysis cerebri
Pituitary Diseases - diagnosis
Pituitary Diseases - history
Pituitary function
Pituitary Gland - metabolism
Research - history
United States
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Summary:This essay is not a history of the pituitary gland, or an abbreviated life of dishing, or a comprehensive review of hypophysial endocrinology. What is attempted is a short evaluation of this medical “classic” as a contribution to the history of ideas about the function of the anterior pituitary and about clinical disorders of the gland.
ISSN:0002-9629
1538-2990
DOI:10.1097/00000441-198103000-00002