Internal Secretions
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The work done by Prof. Swale Vincent in the production of the present volume has entailed a vast amount of labour in reviewing, selecting, and extracting the literature of the subject scattered over innumerable journals. We have read the chapters on the different ductless glands with the very greatest interest and advantage, and we have very great pleasure in recommending it to all students and practising members of the profession. Four chapters are devoted to what may be looked on as introductory matter, then each of the ductless glands is dealt with in separate chapters?the adrenals and thyroid requiring more than half the volume for their elucidation. The acknowledged importance of the ductless glands in the carrying on of the functions of the different organs and tissues of the body is more than sufficient to ensure
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