THE THYREOACTIVATOR HORMONE; ITS ISOLATION FROM THE ANTERIOR LOBE OF THE BOVINE PITUITARY GLAND AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE THYROID GLAND
Authors: Eduard Uhlenhuth
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1937)

Article1 April 1937THE THYREOACTIVATOR HORMONE; ITS ISOLATION FROM THE ANTERIOR LOBE OF THE BOVINE PITUITARY GLAND AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE THYROID GLANDEDUARD UHLENHUTHEDUARD UHLENHUTHSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-10-10-1459 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe results of the work to be summarized here and leading to the conclusion that the anterior pituitary manufactures and excretes a specific thyreoactivator hormone by means of which the hypophysis controls the activity of the thyroid, were reported first, by Uhlenhuth and Schwartzbach, in 1926, at the annual meeting of the American Zoölogists in Philadelphia.3 A brief account covering all the essential points of evidence was published by Uhlenhuth and Schwartzbach, in 1927.The history of investigations pertaining to the subject with which the present article is dealing, has been discussed briefly, yet in its most essential features, in...Bibliography1. 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Read before the American Association for the Study of Goiter, June 9, 1936.From the University of Maryland Medical School.The work reported in this essay was conducted under the auspices of the Medical School of the University of Maryland, and with the collaboration of the author's students and associates. Financial aid was received from the "Julius Friedenwald Fund for Medical Research," from the "Weaver Fund" and from the "Hitchcock Fund," all three of the University of Maryland Medical School, from the "Elizabeth Thompson Science Fund" of Harvard University and from a gift received personally by the author through the generosity of Mr. Victor Bloede of Baltimore. 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