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(Contemporary Endocrinology.) Edited by A. Wayne Meikle. 439 pp. Totowa, N.J., Humana Press, 1999. $125. ISBN 0-89603-601-4.

Hormones (from the Greek word for messen-ger) . . . are among the most powerful substances known to man. In some instances their potency transcends credence. They govern such diverse and extraordinary phenomena as the rate of fuel utilization by the body, growth, physical activity, emotional configuration, sex, and the degree of maleness (or femaleness), among other things," wrote the endocrinologist Fuller Albright more than 50 years ago (Fuller Albright and Read Ellsworth. Uncharted Seas. Edited by Lynn Loriaux. Portland, Oreg.: Kalmia Press, 1990). At the time, endocrinology was still in its toddler stage. Glandular extracts were being used for . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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