An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

SMITH, Philip Edward

2 entries
  • 1166

The induction of precocious sexual maturity by pituitary homeotransplants.

Amer. J. Physiol., 80, 114-25, 1927.

Smith was able to induce precocious sexual maturity in mice and rats by the implantation of pituitary tissue.



Subjects: Ductless Glands: Internal Secretion › Pituitary
  • 1167

Experimental evidence regarding the rôle of the anterior pituitary in the development and regulation of the genital system.

Amer. J. Anat., 40, 159-217, 1927.

Pituitary tissue implanted in the immature mouse was found by these writers to cause precocious sexual maturity. Thus they showed that the activity of the gonads is maintained by the anterior lobe of the pituitary.



Subjects: Ductless Glands: Internal Secretion › Pituitary, ENDOCRINOLOGY › Pituitary