Twins as Biologic Controls in the Study of Human Constitution*
Authors: H. M. MARGOLIS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1933)

Article1 May 1933Twins as Biologic Controls in the Study of Human ConstitutionAn Additional Approach to the Study of Clinical MedicineH. M. MARGOLIS, M.D., M.S., V. W. EISENSTEIN, M.D.H. M. MARGOLIS, M.D., M.S.Search for more papers by this author, V. W. EISENSTEIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-11-1489 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWe physicians who have seen a veritable flood of new discoveries in science have become impressed by the importance of the environment in relation to human disease. The achievements in the field of bacteriology pointed to the identification of many of the infectious diseases, and in many instances led to the complete solution of the problem of contagion and of prevention. The fruitful researches in the study of nutrition, the phenomenal discovery of the vitamins, for example, pointed out factors hitherto unknown in the production of disease. As the web of information concerning the function of the endocrine glands is...Bibliography1 MÜLLER VF: Konstitution und individualität, Rektorat — Antrittsrede gehalten an der Universitat München, 1920, J. Lindawersche Universitats-Buchhandlung, München. Google Scholar2 BAUER J: Die konstitutionelle Disposition zu innerer Krankheiten, 1921, Berlin. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 BORCHARDT L: Klinische Konstitutionslehre, 2 Ed., 1930, Berlin. Google Scholar4 DRAPER G: Human constitution, a consideration of its relationship to disease, 1924, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia. Google Scholar5 PETERSENLEVINSON WFSA: The skin reactions, blood chemistry and physical status of "normal" men and of clinical patients, Arch. Path., 1930, ix, 151-444. Google Scholar6 SMITH KS: Congenital cardiac disease in identical twins, Arch. 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