Historical Tidbits

Alfred Jost, Ph.D (1916-1991) and Sexual Ambiguity Submitted by Alan D. Rogol, MD, Ph.D Alfred Jost was a French fetal endocrinologist who examined mammals (rabbits) rather…

McCune-Albright syndrome (D.J. McCune, MD (1902-1976), Fuller Albright MD (1900-1969) Submitted by: Alan D. Rogol, MD, Ph.D In 1936 McCune described a patient with disseminated osteitis…

Jean H. Dussault, MD Working with our 10th president, Del Fisher, JH Dussault adapted a method for the determination of thyroxine by RIA to blood spots…

Fuller Albright, MD (1900-1969), Albright’s hereditary osteodystrophy Albright described a syndrome in children characterized by short stature, short neck, obesity, subcutaneous calcifications, shortened metacarpals with hypocalcemia…

Franz Josef Kallmann (1897-1965) and Kallmann syndrome Dr. Kallmann, a psychiatrist interested in the genetics of psychiatric diseases described men with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia…

Ernst Knobil, Ph.D (1926-2000) Ernst Knobil was a pioneer in several aspects of endocrinology. He and his colleagues determined the species specificity of primate growth hormones.…

PES Trivia, at Your Fingertips These tidbits were originally published in our 2018 President’s newsletters. May 2018 – submitted by Walter Miller Treating CAH with cortisone…

PES Trivia, at Your Fingertips These tidbits were originally published in our 2017 President’s newsletters. December 2017 – submitted by Walter Miller DNA Sequencing The development…

PES Trivia, at Your Fingertips These tidbits were originally published in our 2016 President’s newsletters. December 2016 – submitted by Walter Miller Bioassays for lactogenic and…

PES Trivia, at Your Fingertips These tidbits were originally published in our 2015 President’s newsletters. December 2015 – submitted by History Committee 2015 is the 100th…