Observations on the Coincidence of Endocrine Dystrophies and Mental Subnormalities
Authors: William G. Downs
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1929)

Article1 February 1929Observations on the Coincidence of Endocrine Dystrophies and Mental SubnormalitiesWILLIAM G. DOWNS JR.WILLIAM G. DOWNS JR.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-2-8-810 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince the now famous reports of Brown-Sequards on the results of testicular injections and transplants, and the ensuing work of other less well-known and imaginative observers, almost every effect which might be conceived, has been attributed to the glands of internal secretion. Many of these apparent results have seemed to be well-substantiated, while many are quite obviously merely the offspring of the purest flights of imagination. Because of this latter rather awe-inspiring group the more serious students of the field only essay new attacks upon endocrine problems with the greatest diffidence, and consequently many extremely fruitful lines of investigation are...Literature Cited BARKER LF: On the anormalities of the endocrine functions of the gonads in the male. Am. J. Med. Sc., Phila., 1915, cxlix:1-12. CrossrefGoogle Scholar BECK HG: Dystrophia adiosogenitalis. Endocrinology and metabolism. Appleton. N. Y., 1922, i, 859-924. Google Scholar BORINGPEARL AR: Sex studies. IX. Interstitial cells in the reproductive organs of the chicken. Anat. Rec., Phila., 1917, xiii:253-250. CrossrefGoogle Scholar CUSHING H: The pituitary body and its disorders. Lippincott. Phila., 1912. Google Scholar DAVENPORT CB: Body-build and its inheritance. Carnegie Institution. Washington, Pub. 329, 1923, 145, 146. CrossrefGoogle Scholar DAVENPORTSWINGLE CBWW: Effects of operations upon the thyroid glands of female mice on the growth of their offspring. J. Exp. Zool. Phila., 1927, xlviii:395-440. CrossrefGoogle Scholar DOWNS WG: The effect of pituitary administration on growing dogs. Ann. Int. Med. Ann Arbor, 1927, i:412-419. Google Scholar GESELL A: Precocious pubescence and mental growth. J. A. M. A. Chicago, 1928, xc(11):840-841. CrossrefGoogle Scholar GOETSCH E: The effect of pituitary feeding upon growth and sexual development. Johns Hopkins Hosp. Bull., 1916, xxvii:29-50. Google Scholar LIPSCHÜTZ A Die innere sekretion der Geschlechtsdrűsen und ihre Bedeutung fűr-die Sexualität des Menschen. Sexualreform und Sexualwissenschaft. Stuttgart. 1922. The internal secretions of the sex-glands. Williams & Wilkins. Baltimore, 1924. Google Scholar MACCALLUMVOEGTLIN WGC: On the relationship of the parathyroid body to calcium metabolism, and the nature of tetany. Johns Hopkins Hosp. Bull. Baltimore, 1908, xix:91-92. Google Scholar MOORE CR: On the physiological properties of the gonads as controllers of somatic and psychial characteristics. I. The rat. J. Exp. Zool. Phila., 1919, xxviii:137-160, et inid., 409-469. CrossrefGoogle Scholar MYERS BD: Histological changes in the testes following vasectomy. Anat. Rec. Phila., 1915, x:288. Google Scholar NOBLEDAVIS GKSH: The effect on the dentition and cloaca of testicular transplants in the adult female salamander, Desmognathus; the effect of castration upon the male. A paper read before the American Association of Anatomists. April 7, 1928. Google Scholar STOCKARD CR: Personal communication. 1928. Google Scholar TENDELOO NP: Allgemeine Pathologie. Springer. Berlin, 1925. Pp. 202-214, 237, 602, 603, 613-620, 928-930. CrossrefGoogle Scholar THOREK M: The human testis and its diseases. Lippincott. Phila., 1924. Google Scholar WARTHIN AS: Personal communications. 1928. Google Scholar WELLER CV: Personal communications. 1928. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Department of Anatomy College of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Read before the section on Sanitary and Medical Sciences of the Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters at Ann Arbor, March 30, 1928. This study was completed while the author was a member of the staff of the Dept. of Anatomy, University of Michigan. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 February 1929Volume 2, Issue 8Page: 810-814 ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1929 PDF downloadLoading ...