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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine
VOEGTLIN, Carl (1879 – 1960)

VOEGTLIN, Carl (1879 – 1960)

1879 – 1960

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1909 CE

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On the relation of tetany to the parathyroid glands and to calcium metabolism.

MACCALLUM, William George (1874 – 1944)
MACCALLUM, William George (1874 – 1944)
VOEGTLIN, Carl (1879 – 1960)
VOEGTLIN, Carl (1879 – 1960)

Proof that the parathyroids control calcium metabolism. MacCallum and Voegtlin were able to demonstrate the removal of post-parathyroidectomy tetany by administration of calcium.