An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

HUNT, Reid

5 entries
  • 1338

On the physiological action of certain cholin derivatives and new methods for detecting cholin.

Brit. Med. J, 2, 1788-91, 1906.

Discovery of the remarkable hypotensive effect of acetylcholine.



Subjects: NEUROSCIENCE › NERVOUS SYSTEM › Chemical Mediation of Nervous Impulses
  • 1132

Studies on thyroid. I. The relation of iodine to the physiological activity of thyroid preparations.

Bull. Hyg. Lab. U.S. Publ. Hlth. Serv., No. 47, 1909.


Subjects: Ductless Glands: Internal Secretion › Thyroid, Parathyroids
  • 1897

On the relation between the toxicity and chemical constitution of a number of derivatives of choline and analogous compounds.

J. Pharmacol., 1, 303-39, 1909.


Subjects: PHARMACOLOGY
  • 1342

Vasodilator reactions.

Amer. J. Physiol. 45, 197-267, 1918.

Showed that tissues are more sensitive to acetylcholine after treatment with eserine (physostigmine).



Subjects: NEUROSCIENCE › NERVOUS SYSTEM › Chemical Mediation of Nervous Impulses
  • 1134

The acetonitril test for thyroid and of some alterations of metabolism.

Amer J. Physiol., 63, 257-99, 1923.

The acetonitril test was introduced by Hunt in 1905 (J. biol. Chem., 1, 33) and later modified by him. It shows the activity of thyroid preparations to be proportional to their iodine content.



Subjects: Ductless Glands: Internal Secretion › Thyroid, Parathyroids, ENDOCRINOLOGY › Thyroid