The endocrines in general medicine / by W. Langdon Brown.

  • Langdon-Brown, W. (Walter), 1870-1946.
Date:
1927
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    PREFACE In this book I have attempted to give a brief account of the endocrine system and its diseases in a form which I hope may be of service to the general practitioner. I have tried to view the system as a whole and not merely as a number of isolated units. One drawback of the method is that it involves some degree of repetition. There are several encyclopaedic works on the subject, full of detail, which, however valuable to the special worker and for purposes of reference, are on too large a scale for the busy practitioner to assimilate. There are also books dealing purely with the physiology of the ductless glands, necessarily cautious in tone, which are perhaps apt to leave the impression that clinical methods are of little avail in unravelling the problem. There are others which are more frankly speculative. This book is chiefly a record of my own personal experience, first in the laboratory, later at the bed-side. I have tried to link the physiological and clinical methods, and to give an account of the biological position of the endocrine svstem in relation to the visceral nervous «/ system, which seems to me to provide a key to its mode of action. Some of the material has already appeared, though in a different form, in various articles in the British Medical Journal, the Clinical Journal, the British Journal of Psychology, the Medical World, and the New York Medical Journal. I am indebted to the Editors of these journals for permission to make use of such material. I am also indebted to my House Physician, Dr. H. L. Wilson, for kindly reading the proofs, and for several useful suggestions. W. LANGDON BROWN. 81, Cavendish Square, W.l. March 17th, 1927. v