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Endocrinology

People and Ideas

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. S. M. McCann
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  • Describes the principal ideas and developments in endocrinology from the time of Aristotle through the most recent discoveries
  • Gives an excellent overview of the evolution of this exciting area in physiology and the people involved in its growth
  • Includes chapters on vasopressin, pituitary target glands, peripheral hormones, and pancreative hormones

Part of the book series: People and Ideas (PEOPL)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Vasopressin and Regulation of Water Homeostasis and Cardiovascular Function

    • Leonard Share
    Pages 1-21

  3. Anterior Pituitary Neural Control Concepts

    • Charles H. Sawyer
    Pages 23-39

  4. Saga of the Discovery of Hypothalamic Releasing and Inhibiting Hormones

    • S. M. McCann
    Pages 41-62

  5. Gonadotropins

    • Roy O. Greep
    Pages 63-85

  6. Pituitary-Adrenal System

    • Don H. Nelson
    Pages 87-115

  7. Prolactin

    • Joseph Meites
    Pages 117-147

  8. Defining Thyroid Hormone: Its Nature and Control

    • Clark T. Sawin
    Pages 149-199

  9. Endocrine Function of the Ovary

    • Kenneth J. Ryan
    Pages 201-213

  10. Pineal Gland

    • Russel J. Reiter, Mary K. Vaughan
    Pages 215-238

  11. Parathyroid Hormone and Calcitonin

    • Paul L. Munson
    Pages 239-284

  12. A View of the History of Biology From an Islet of Langerhans

    • Jay Tepperman
    Pages 285-333

  13. Mechanism of Hormone Action

    • Howard Rasmussen, Irving L. Schwartz
    Pages 335-368

  14. Receptors: Birth, Eclipse, and Rediscovery

    • Jesse Roth
    Pages 369-396

  15. Atrial Natriuretic Factor: A Hormone From the Heart

    • Edward H. Blaine, Michael Rosenblatt
    Pages 397-419

  16. Comparative Endocrinology

    • Aubrey Gorbman
    Pages 421-441

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 443-471
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About this book

HIS book grew out of suggestions from the Publications Com­ T mittee of the American Physiological Society, which has planned a series covering the development of ideas about a number of areas of physiology. This was prompted by the great success of Circulation of the Blood: Men and Ideas, edited by A. P. Fishman and D. W. Richards, which was originally published in 1964 and then reissued by the Society in 1982. Three companion books are being completed in conjunction with the centennial year of the American Physiolog­ ical Society: this volume on endocrinology, one on the kidney, and one on membrane transport. It was our purpose not to provide a complete bibliography or a complete listing of all the progress made in a given area but to show PREFACE the principal ideas and how they developed. Consequently, limi- tions were placed on the number of references and on the length of each chapter. This book covers most of the areas of endocrinology; it is not completely comprehensive but discusses the main pathways of development and highlights the prominent investigators. We hope that the book as a whole will give an excellent picture of the evolution of this exciting area of physiology and the people involved in its growth. Most of the endocrine organs were discovered in antiquity by such early workers as Aristotle and Galen. The last endocrine gland to be discovered was the parathyroid in 1891 by Gley.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Endocrinology

  • Book Subtitle: People and Ideas

  • Editors: S. M. McCann

  • Series Title: People and Ideas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7436-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: American Physiological Society 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-7436-4Published: 27 May 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 484

  • Additional Information: Originally Published by Oxford University Press 1988

  • Topics: Human Physiology

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