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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 287: E815-E817, 2004; doi:10.1152/classicessays.00002.2004
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EDITORIAL FOCUS

ESSAYS ON APS CLASSIC PAPERS

Adrenal cortex: scalpels, syringes, and separatory funnels

Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143

ABSTRACT

This essay looks at the historical significance of three APS classic papers that are freely available online:

Houssay BA and Lewis JT. The relative importance to life of cortex and medulla of the adrenal glands. Am J Physiol 64: 512—521, 1923 (http://ajplegacy.physiology.org/cgi/reprint/64/3/512).

Marine D and Baumann EJ. Duration of life after suprarenalectomy in cats and attempts to prolong it by injections of solutions containing sodium salts, glucose and glycerol. Am J Physiol 81: 86—100, 1927 (http://ajplegacy.physiology.org/cgi/reprint/81/1/86).

Swingle WW and Pfiffner JJ. Studies on the adrenal cortex. I. The effect of a lipid fraction upon the life-span of adrenalectomized cats. Am J Physiol 96: 153—163, 1931 (http://ajplegacy.physiology.org/cgi/reprint/96/1/153).