HIRSUTISM IN FEMALES; A CLINICAL STUDY OF ITS ETIOLOGY, COURSE AND TREATMENT
Authors: Grosvenor W. Bissell, Robert H. Williams
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1945)

Article1 June 1945HIRSUTISM IN FEMALES; A CLINICAL STUDY OF ITS ETIOLOGY, COURSE AND TREATMENTGROSVENOR W. BISSELL, M.D., ROBERT H. WILLIAMS, M.D.GROSVENOR W. BISSELL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT H. WILLIAMS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-22-6-773 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe bearded lady has always been a subject of lively interest. To the public she is amusing, to the showman profitable, to the physician physiologically fascinating—and to herself, utterly miserable. Many instances of virilized women may be found in the literature, most of whom have been suffering from adrenal, pituitary, or ovarian tumors. The earliest of these reports are little more than clinical observations, some with appended pathological findings. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Received for publication July 20, 1944.From the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Second and Fourth Medical Services (Harvard), Boston City Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.†Present address: E. S. Meyer Memorial Hospital, Buffalo, New York. 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