RT Journal
T1 LEs syndromes endocrines.
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1929
FD November 16
VO 93
IS 20
SP 1587
OP 1587
DO 10.1001/jama.1929.02710200071046
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02710200071046
AB This is a well written and, on the whole, reliable summary of symptoms and treatment of disorders due or supposed to be due to endocrine disturbances. In the first part of the volume Dr. Porak discusses the endocrine factors in disturbances of growth, of sex function, of circulation, of digestion, of nutrition and of the skin. The second part deals primarily with endocrine disturbances leading to or associated with nervous disorders. The author catalogues most of the therapeutic attempts and these are, of course, extremely diverse. In some cases he cites personal experience in the form of clinical reports. The remainder of the volume, sixty pages, contains short chapters on various related topics by authors other than Dr. Porak. Some of these chapters are less scientific than the main part. Thus, on page 542, Dr. Zalewsky states that "actinotherapy, judiciously applied as a therapeutic measure, is very efficient in the