THE REVERSIBILITY OF CERTAIN RHEUMATIC AND NONRHEUMATIC CONDITIONS BY THE USE OF CORTISONE OR OF THE PITUITARY ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE
Authors: P S HENCH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Article1 January 1952THE REVERSIBILITY OF CERTAIN RHEUMATIC AND NONRHEUMATIC CONDITIONS BY THE USE OF CORTISONE OR OF THE PITUITARY ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONEPHILIP S. HENCH, M.D., F.A.C.P.PHILIP S. HENCH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-36-1-1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt may be appropriate to discuss in this Nobel Lecture three general aspects of cortisone and pituitary adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH): (1) the development of the theory which eventually led to the use of cortisone and ACTH in rheumatic and certain other conditions; this I shall do in some detail, giving certain data not published heretofore; (2) the present status of cortisone and ACTH in general medicine; this topic I shall discuss summarily in view of the several current reports thereon; and (3) some major requirements for the orderly development of cortisone and ACTH as therapeutic agents; this aspect will be...Bibliography1. AdamsDwan FHPF: Cortisone and ACTH in rheumatic fever, Journal-Lancet 70: 389-390 (Oct.) 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. 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