Cushing

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Photograph of Cushing in his dressing room. Immediately following surgery, Cushing would illustrate the operative findings. It was common for him to wear his operative gloves while drawing these illustrations….

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Horace Mayo

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Dr. Charlie in scrubs To have a continuing, tangible influence on the daily activities of a large medical institution, a century and a half after its origin, and 75 years…

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von Hippel and Arvid Lindau

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Professor Eugen von Hippel. (Courtesy of VHL Family Alliance) Introduction An autosomal dominant familial cancer syndrome , von Hippel–Lindau (vHL), affects numerous organs, most prominently the central nervous system (CNS;…

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Physiology

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Fig. 1 Adrenal anatomy and blood supply Blood Supply Arteries The adrenal gland has three main groups of arteries carrying oxygenated blood to the cortex and medulla [10]. The superior…

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Chvostek

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Fig. 28.1 Chvostek’s sign. (From [3]. Reprinted with permission from Elsevier Limited.) Chvostek’s sign has been reported to be positive in many diseases: tetany in the newborn, hypoparathyroidism, alkalosis, rickets,…

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Herbert Best

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Photograph of Charles Best taken by Professor A.V. Hill, University College, London, 1928. (Courtesy of the University of Toronto Fisher Library, The Discovery and Early Development of Insulin online collection,…

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Dunhill

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Thomas Peel Dunhill (1876–1957) at the age of 29 when he began his work as physician to outpatients in 1905 at St. Vincent’s Hospital. From Thomas Peel Dunhill: Pioneer Thyroid…

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Syndrome

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ACTH dependent Pituitary adenoma (Cushing’s disease) Ectopic ACTH secretion ACTH independent Adrenal adenoma Adrenal carcinoma ACTH-independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (AIMAH) Primary pigmented nodular adrenal disease (PPNAD) Other unilateral or bilateral…

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Hashimoto

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Hakaru Hashimoto is pictured here at 31 years old. It was at this age that he wrote his most famous work. (Picture is courtesy of The Japan Endocrine Society) Early…

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