CONCERNING PLACENTAL HORMONES AND MENSTRUAL DISORDERS
Authors: A. D. Campbell
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1933)

Article1 September 1933CONCERNING PLACENTAL HORMONES AND MENSTRUAL DISORDERSA. D. CAMPBELLA. D. CAMPBELLSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-3-330 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCertain placental extracts are now in common use in the treatment of disorders of menstruation. Following upon a not inconsiderable experience in 472 cases, it seems justifiable at this stage to discuss the theoretical basis for their use and also the results obtained by treatment. The first of these extracts isEmmenin, first defined by Collip (1930) as an alcohol-soluble, ether-insoluble extract of human placentae. In the light of recent work of Collip, Browne and Thomson (1932), it appears that Emmenin is probably a complex, containing as its active principle an ether-soluble trihydroxy-estrin, similar to the theelol of Thayer, Levin...References BUTENANDT A: Naturwissenschaften, 1929, xvii, 879. CrossrefGoogle Scholar BUTENANDTSTÖRMER AI: Über isomere Follikelhormone; Untersuchungen über das weibliche Sexualhormon, Ztschr. f. physiol. Chem., 1932, ccviii, 129-148. CrossrefGoogle Scholar CALDER RM: Anterior pituitary insufficiency (Simmonds' disease), Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1932, 1, 87-114. Google Scholar CAMPBELLCOLLIP ADJB: Notes on clinical use of certain placental extracts, Canad. Med. Assoc. Jr., 1930, xxiii, 633-636. Google Scholar CAMPBELLCOLLIP ADJB: On clinical use of ovary-stimulating hormone of placenta; preliminary report, Canad. Med. Assoc. Jr., 1930, xxii, 219-220. Google Scholar CAMPBELLCOLLIP ADJB: Further clinical studies on anterior pituitary-like hormone of human placenta, Canad. Med. Assoc. Jr., 1931, xxv, 9-19. Google Scholar CAMPBELL AD: Further studies on anterior pituitary-like hormone, with special reference to irregular uterine bleeding, Lancet, 1932, ii, 561-565. CrossrefGoogle Scholar COLLIP JB: Sex hormones of female; review, Canad. Med. Assoc. Jr., 1930, xxii, 212-214. Google Scholar COLLIPTHOMSONMCPHAILWILLIAMSON JBDLMKJE: Anterior pituitary-like hormone of human placenta, Canad. Med. Assoc. Jr., 1931, xxiv, 201-210. Google Scholar COLLIPBROWNETHOMSON JBJSDL: Relation of emmenin to other estrogenic hormones, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1932, xcvii, pages xvii-xviii. Google Scholar COLLIPSELYETHOMSONWILLIAMSON JBHDLJE: Effect of prolonged administration of anterior pituitary-like hormone on pituitary and thyroid, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1933, xxx, 590-591. Replacement of gonadotropic action of pituitary in hypophysectomized rat, ibid., 665-667. CrossrefGoogle Scholar COLLIP JB: Interrelationship between the pituitary gland, the ovaries and the placenta, Trans. Royal Soc. Canada, Section V, 1932, 1, 137. Google Scholar CUSHING H: Basophil adenomas of pituitary body and their clinical manifestations (pituitary basophilism), Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1932, 1, 137-195. Google Scholar DOISYVELERTHAYER EACDS: Folliculin from urine of pregnant women, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1929, xc, 329-330. Google Scholar MARRIAN GF: Chemistry of estrin; improved method of preparation and isolation of active crystalline material, Biochem. Jr., 1930, xxiv, 435-445. CrossrefGoogle Scholar MAZERGOLDSTEIN CL: Clinical endocrinology of the female, 1932, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, p. 227. Google Scholar SCHRÖDER R: Die Pathogenese der Meno- und besonders der Metrorrhagien, Arch. f. Gynaek., 1919, cx, 633-658. CrossrefGoogle Scholar SHAW W: Irregular uterine hemorrhage, Jr. Obst. and Gynaec. Brit. Emp., 1929, xxxvi, 1-69. Google Scholar THAYERLEVINDOISY SALEA: Characterization of theelol, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1931, xci, 655-665. CrossrefGoogle Scholar WHITEHOUSE B: Pathology and causation of dysmenorrhea, Jr. Obst. and Gynaec. Brit. Emp., 1926, xxxiii, 607-619. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Montreal,*Read before the American College of Physicians, Montreal, February 7, 1933. From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByThe uterine isthmus and its sphincter mechanism, a radiographic studyThe treatment of functional uterine hemorrhageMenstruation and its disordersDie Therapie mit Sexualhormonen bei der Frau 1 September 1933Volume 7, Issue 3Page: 330-341KeywordsAlcoholsHormonesObstetrics and gynecology Issue Published: 1 September 1933 PDF DownloadLoading ...