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COLLIP, James Bertram (1892 – 1965)

COLLIP, James Bertram (1892 – 1965)

1892 – 1965

6 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1922 CE

#3968

Pancreatic extracts in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.

The first clinical application of insulin in the treatment of diabetes. Co-authored by W. R. Campbell, and A. A. Fletcher. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.

1923 CE

#3969

The original method as used for the isolation of insulin in semipure form for the treatment of the first clinical cases.

Collip improved insulin.

1925 CE

#3862

A case of tetany treated with parathyrin.

First use of parathyroid hormone in the treatment of tetany.

1925 CE

#1136

The extraction of a parathyroid hormone which will prevent or control parathyroid tetany and which regulates the level of blood calcium.

Isolation of parathormone, the active principle of the parathyroids. Collip’s “parathormone”. He showed that it raises the calcium level in para-thyroidectomized dogs.

1930 CE

#1192

The ovary-stimulating hormone of the placenta.

Collip’s anterior-pituitary-like (A-L-P) factor.

1933 CE

#1170

The adrenotropic hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe.

Isolation of an impure “adrenotropic hormone” containing adrenocorticotropic principle. With E. M. Anderson and D. L. Thomson.