ESSAYS ON THE 
INTERNAL SECRETIONS—1920 
I 
INTRODUCTION 
ally interested in developing information per- 
taining to the internal secretions, and in many 
ways has attempted to further the interest of the pro- 
fession in the subject. The establishment of the As- 
sociation for the Study of the Internal Secretions in 
1916 was the result of his invitations to numerous 
correspondents to band themselves together in order 
to exchange views and make possible a bulletin re- 
flecting the progress in this field. 
While The Harrower Laboratory is a commercial 
institution, concerned with the production and sale of 
certain endocrine remedies, its work is by no means 
limited to this. In fact, the manufacture of these 
formulas was undertaken in order that funds would 
be available for research and other work necessary to 
materialize the writer’s ideals. 
Among several efforts to broaden the interest and 
information on the practical aspects of the internal 
secretions is a Prize Essay Contest which was an- 
nounced early in 1920. Five hundred dollars was of- 
fered to members of the medical profession (and med- 
ical students) for a series of essays on the internal 
secretions. This money was divided into five prizes 
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ie MANY YEARS the writer has been especi- 
