Timeline of endocrinology
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| 1865 | " French physiologist Claude Bernard (1813-1878). In 1865 Bernard published his landmark treatise “An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine” in which he introduced the concept of “milieu interieur” (internal milieu) and the importance of endocrine systems in keeping this constant."[1] | ||
| 1914 | "biochemist Edward C. Kendall isolated thyroxine in crystalline form on Christmas Day, 1914."[1] | ||
| 1917 | Literature (journal) | "The first issue of the journal Endocrinology was published in 1917."[1] | |
| 1923 | "In 1923, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Frederick Grant Banting and John James Rickard Macleod "for the discovery of insulin""[1] | ||
| 1925 | "James B. Collip (Society President, 1925-1926) isolated parathyroid hormone and with Leitch used in the treatment of tetany. Collip JB 1925 The extraction of a parathyroid hormone which will prevent or control parathyroid tetany and which regulates the level of blood calcium. Journal of Biological Chemistry 63 395–438."[1] | ||
| 1926 | " In 1926, Charles R. Harington successfully synthesized thyroxine"[1] | ||
| 1929 | "Walter B. Cannon (Society President, 1921-1922) coins the term "homeostasis" for "same" and "steady". This important concept highlighted the critical role of negative feedback in governing endocrine physiology. "[1] | ||
| 1950 | " In 1950, Kendall was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine along with Mayo Clinic physician Philip S. Hench, and Swiss chemist Tadeus Reichstein, for their work with the hormones of the adrenal gland."[1] |
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