Hormones and structural development / by Charles R. Stockard.

  • Stockard, Charles R. (Charles Rupert), 1879-1939.
Date:
[1927]
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    PART I Embryonic Development and the Internal Secretion Problem In beginning this series of Beaumont Lectures I must express my appreciation of the compliment you have ex¬ tended in inviting me to lecture before your Society. I am particularly honored by the opportunity to lecture under the Beaumont Foundation since it bears the name of so distinguished a pioneer in American scientific medi¬ cine, and I might say in American biology in general. Dr. William Beaumont as a young army surgeon not only did a significant piece of work in experimental biology under the crudest conditions, but he described his obser¬ vations and experiments in a classic scientific contribu¬ tion that has rarely been matched for its charming style. His experiments and observations were conducted with masterly skill and his volume on the gastric juice published in Plattsburg, New York, in 1833, is a model of simple, honest, scientific presentation. As Sir William Osier has stated, the maxim of this pioneer American physiologist is best expressed in his own words: “truth like beauty, is when unadorned adorned the most,—and in prosecuting these experiments and enquiries I believe I have been guided by its light.” The studies of Dr. Beaumont on “that old fistulous Alexis St. Martin” has thrilled the youthful mind of every school-boy who has been fortunate enough to learn about them. In memory of this early thrill I am indeed honored to be your Beaumont lecturer. Under the general subject—hormones and structural development—I shall make an attempt to analyze the influences active during growth and development which