PERSONALITY AND THE ENDOCRINES; A STUDY BASED UPON 1400 QUANTITATIVE NECROPSIES
Authors: Walter Freeman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1935)

Article1 October 1935PERSONALITY AND THE ENDOCRINES; A STUDY BASED UPON 1400 QUANTITATIVE NECROPSIESWALTER FREEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.WALTER FREEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-4-444 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn recent times there has been intensive study of the excesses and deficiencies of the glands supplying hormones to the body, and a multitude of clinical syndromes have been described. It is now possible, on the basis of structural and biochemical studies, to identify disturbances in a number of these glands. When it comes to personality studies in relationship with the endocrine system, however, there is a school of thought which, in the quaint words of Benjamin Franklin1concerning the medical school in Edinburgh, "seems better calculated to please the fancy than to form the Judgment." The Italian school of...References1. PEPPER W: The medical side of Benjamin Franklin, 1911, W. J. Campbell, Philadelphia, p. 53. Google Scholar2. PENDE N: Constitutional inadequacies (translated by S. Naccarati), 1928, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar3. BERMAN : The glands regulating personality, 1921, Macmillan Co., New York. Google Scholar4. HOSKINS RG: The tides of life, 1933, W. W. Norton and Co., New York. Google Scholar5. FREEMAN W: Psychological panel in diagnosis and prognosis, ANN. INT. MED., 1930, iv, 29-38. LinkGoogle Scholar6. FREEMAN W: Human constitution, ANN. INT. MED., 1934, vii, 805-811. LinkGoogle Scholar7. PEARLGOOCHFREEMAN RMW: A biometric study of the endocrine organs in relation to mental disease, Human Biol., 1935 (Sept. and Dec.). Google Scholar8. FREEMAN W: Weight of endocrine glands, Human Biol., 1934, vi, 489-523. Google Scholar9. FREEMAN W: Organic constitution of the cyclothymic, U. S. Dept. of Interior, St. Eliz. Hosp., Bull. No. 7, 1931, 60-69. Google Scholar10. CURSCHMANN H: Die Hypothyreosen der Erwachsenen, in HIRSCH, M.: Handb. d. inn. Sekretionen, 1928, Kabitsch, Leipzig, iii, 79. Google Scholar11. ENGELBACH W: Endocrine medicine, 1928, Charles C. Thomas, Baltimore, i, 434. Google Scholar12. FREEMAN W: Human constitution, in BENTLEY and COWDRY: The problem of mental disorder, 1934, McGraw-Hill, New York, 227-233. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. WERTHAM FI: Incidence of growth disorders in 923 cases of mental disease, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1929, xxi, 1128-1140. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. NOTKIN J: Clinical study of psychoses associated with various types of endocrinopathy, Am. Jr. Psychiat., 1932, xii, 331-346. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Washington, D. C.*Read at the Philadelphia meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 29, 1935.From Blackburn Laboratory, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, and the Department of Neurology, George Washington University, Washington, D. C. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe paradox of psychosurgery to treat mental disordersHormones of the Thyroid Axis and BehaviorEndokrinologische Aspekte des Wirkungsmechanismus neuroplegischer MedikamenteHyperthyrotic Catatonia: A Schizophrenic Symptom-Complex 1 October 1935Volume 9, Issue 4Page: 444-450KeywordsEndocrine systemHormonesNeurologyResearch laboratories ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1935 PDF downloadLoading ...