An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

16062 entries, 14145 authors and 1947 subjects. Updated: December 23, 2024

VERNEY, Ernest Basil

2 entries
  • 1240

The secretion of urine as studied on the isolated kidney.

Proc. roy. Soc. B 97, 321-63, 1924 – 1925.

Demonstration that the anti-diuretic action of vasopressin is exerted directly on the kidney, and that tubules of the kidney reabsorb water.



Subjects: Genito-Urinary System › Kidney: Urinary Secretion, NEPHROLOGY › Renal Physiology
  • 1244.2

The antidiuretic hormone and the factors which determine its release.

Proc. Roy. Soc. B, 135, 26-106, 1947.

Verney elucidated the factors that determine the release of antidiuretic hormone, and introduced the osmoreceptor concept.



Subjects: Genito-Urinary System › Kidney: Urinary Secretion, NEPHROLOGY › Renal Physiology