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

EULER, Ulf Svante Hansson von

2 entries
  • 1924.3

Zur Kenntnis der pharmakologischen Wirkungen der Natursekreten und Extrakten männlicher accessorischer Geschlechtsdrüsen.

Arch. exp. Path. Pharmak., 175, 78-84, 1934.

Prostaglandins. Von Euler reported that a lipid fraction of human seminal fluid had potent activities on smooth muscle, hence the name. Later, prostaglandins were found to be widely distributed in mammalian tissues and body fluids.



Subjects: BIOCHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY › Reproduction
  • 1354.1

A specific sympathomimetic ergone in adrenergic nerve fibres (sympathin) and its relations to adrenaline and nor-adrenaline.

Acta physiol. scand. 12, 73-97, 1946.

Noradrenaline shown to be the predominant transmitter of the effects of sympathetic nerve impulses. Shared Nobel Prize, 1970, with Katz and Axelrod.



Subjects: NEUROSCIENCE › NERVOUS SYSTEM › Chemical Mediation of Nervous Impulses, Neurophysiology