The internal secretions : their physiology and application to pathology / by E. Gley ; translated from the French by Maurice Fishberg.

  • Eugène Gley
Date:
1918
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Credit: The internal secretions : their physiology and application to pathology / by E. Gley ; translated from the French by Maurice Fishberg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    regard to voice, reproductive instinct, fighting spirit, and growth of comb and wattles. ’ ’ From his experiments Berthold concluded that “the consensus is main¬ tained by the productive influence of the testicles ; that is to say, by their effect on the blood and, through the blood, upon the entire organism.’’ Biedl is therefore cor¬ rect in saying that “A. A. Berthold was the first to demonstrate experimentally the nature and activity of a true ductless gland; he showed the influence which an organ through which the blood stream cir¬ culates can exert upon the composition of the blood, and thus upon the entire organ¬ ism.” With Biedl I will add, moreover, that this discovery, far from attracting any attention, remained hidden in obscur¬ ity and hence had no consequences; it stimulated no further research along the same lines.