Internal Secretion and the Ductless Glands (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Vincent, Swale

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331952530 ISBN 13: 9781331952534

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Internal Secretion and the Ductless Glands The first edition, issued in 1912, has been out of print since 1914, but for various reasons the publication of the second edition has been delayed. During this time many aspects of the subject of internal secretion have undergone material changes. These I hope will find adequate expression in the new version of the book. If I have not been so optimistic and expansive in the treatment of certain topics as other writers on the same subjects, it is because I am convinced that a surer road to sound knowledge lies in tho direction of rigid criticism and a reasoned scepticism. After much doubt and hesitation I have decided to omit the bibliography. Tho objections to such a course are obvious, but I found that to review the whole of the literature has become impossible, and to make a selection involves a task so invidious and delicate and at the same time laborious that I have not had the courage to attempt it. The omission of the references to literature will, however, have the advantage of making the book easier to read, and for a large number of students and practitioners will, I hope, not constitute a serious drawback. Investigators who have access to the first edition will find no difficulty in completing a survey of the literature up to the present time. The papers since 1917 are abstracted in Endocrinology, and since 1915 in Physiological Abstracts. Names are still mentioned freely in the text for the reasons that this arrangement involves less re-writing, and that it leaves the responsibility in tho hands of the original author on numerous topics in which I have had no opportunity of gaining firsthand information. The present edition contains much new matter, but, by re-arrangement and some curtailment of historical and controversial sections, it has been possible to avoid increasing the size of the book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331952530
• ISBN 13: 9781331952534
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 494