internal secretion


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the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect

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As early as 1894, Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850-1935), who often stated that histology was in the service of physiology, suggested that on morphologic grounds the islet tissue might be responsible for the internal secretion by which the pancreas produced its effect on the blood sugar concentration.
Try to isolate the internal secretion of these to relieve glycosurea" (10).
By ligating the ducts and allowing time for the degeneration of the acinar cells, Banting hoped to obtain the internal secretion of the islet cells free from the destructive action of trypsin and other pancreatic enzymes in the external secretion of the acinar cells.
Although he concluded that there was an internal secretion of the pancreas, he believed it might never be separated in a pancreatic extract.
Insulin: discovery and controversy
We keep their internal secretions [i.e., hormones] artificially balanced at a youthful equilibrium'.
Secrets of eternal youth: Chandak Sengoopta looks at how the discovery of hormones, the body's chemical messengers, revolutionized ideas of human nature and human potential in the twentieth century
He studied vasoconstriction, and amplified Bordeu's concept of internal secretions into what we call hormones today and he first promoted the use of bromides in epilepsy.
Charles-Edouard Brown-Sequard: The Biography of a Tormented Genius
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