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The adrenal cortical hormone.

Publication Details

Medicine, 11, 371-433. 1932 CE.

The cortical hormone prepared by Swingle and Pfiffner (“eschatin”) was found to be very effective in the treatment of Addison’s disease. Their first paper on the subject appeared in Science, 1930, 71, 321.

Thematic Classifications

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Entry Number#3874
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/4930
External URLthe-adrenal-cortical-hormone