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  • Now it does so no more than in any other individual organ, but if Cartesius had chanced, instead, to guess at the hypophysis, which looks much the same and is situated immediately in front of the pineal gland, he would have been nearer the truth, for in spite of its diminutive size the hypophysis exercises a number of vital functions and occupies a commanding position in relation to the other endocrinous glands.

    Physiology or Medicine 1947 - Presentation Speech 1964

  • Physiologists are now seeking among the endocrinous glands and the vitamines for a substance to assist procreation.

    Birth Control A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians Halliday G. Sutherland 1921

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