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The Physiology of Internal Secretion

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PHYSIOLOGY must be looked upon as having begun with Harvey. As a science, therefore, it dates back merely three hundred years. It is only during the last one hundred and fifty that it has made real progress, and much of that progress has taken place during the last hundred.

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SHARPEY-SCHAFER, E. The Physiology of Internal Secretion. Nature 128, 441–452 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128441a0

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