The legacy of Sir Charles Hercus

[...]with Walter Griesbach and Tom Kennedy, Purves solved pituitary cytology, developed Endocrinology, discovered antithyroid drugs for medical treatment of thyrotoxicosis and set up the research with radioactive iodine that led to discovery that Graves' disease of the thyroid is an autoimmune...

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Published inNew Zealand medical journal Vol. 123; no. 1311; pp. 97 - 98
Main Author Adams, Duncan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Zealand Pasifika Medical Association Group (PMAG) 19.03.2010
Subjects
Autoimmune diseases
Biomedical Research - history
Charles Hercus
Disease
Graves Disease - history
Hercus
History, 20th Century
Humans
Male
New Zealand
Thyroid gland
New Zealand
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Summary:[...]with Walter Griesbach and Tom Kennedy, Purves solved pituitary cytology, developed Endocrinology, discovered antithyroid drugs for medical treatment of thyrotoxicosis and set up the research with radioactive iodine that led to discovery that Graves' disease of the thyroid is an autoimmune disease. [...]Hercus had his medical students write a thesis in the 5th year of the course, its great virtue being that the student chose the topic, rather than having it suggested by a supervisor.
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ISSN:1175-8716