SMITH, Philip Edward (1884 – 1970)
1884 – 1970
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
1927 CE
#1167
Experimental evidence regarding the rôle of the anterior pituitary in the development and regulation of the genital system.
Pituitary tissue implanted in the immature mouse was found by these writers to cause precocious sexual maturity. Thus they showed that the activity of the gonads is maintained by the anterior lobe of the pituitary.
1927 CE
#1166
The induction of precocious sexual maturity by pituitary homeotransplants.
Smith was able to induce precocious sexual maturity in mice and rats by the implantation of pituitary tissue.