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THE INTEGRATIVE ACTION OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM1

J. H. MEANS, M.D., F.A.C.P.

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Paragraph168552*Received for publication January 5, 1951.
Paragraph168554Third annual Harvard Lecture given at the University of Colorado Medical Center, December 8, 1950, under the auspices of the Rocky Mountain Harvard Medical Alumni Association.
Paragraph168556†Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine, Harvard University, and Chief of the Medical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital.
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1951
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  • Paragraph168552*Received for publication January 5, 1951.
  • Paragraph168554Third annual Harvard Lecture given at the University of Colorado Medical Center, December 8, 1950, under the auspices of the Rocky Mountain Harvard Medical Alumni Association.
  • Paragraph168556†Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine, Harvard University, and Chief of the Medical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital.
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First, may I express my thanks for the honor you have done me in asking me to give your Harvard Lecture. For subject I have chosen certain aspects of the fundamental question, "What makes us tick?"

"What makes us tick as human beings" is perhaps relatively easy to answer. We might say the cerebral cortex or, if you prefer, the soul of man. The latter, however, gets us into theology, and I would prefer to stay out of that—at least at this time. "What makes us tick as animals" is a more complicated question. There is involved not only our

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MEANS JH. THE INTEGRATIVE ACTION OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM1. Ann Intern Med. 1951;34:1311–1323. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-34-6-1311

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1951;34(6):1311-1323.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-34-6-1311

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