Hippocrates as endocrinologist? First observation of galactorrhea with amenorrhea in a nonpregnant woman (prolactinoma)

Authors
Angeletti, LR Gazzaniga, V
Citation
Lr. Angeletti et V. Gazzaniga, Hippocrates as endocrinologist? First observation of galactorrhea with amenorrhea in a nonpregnant woman (prolactinoma), ENDOCRINOLO, 9(1), 1999, pp. 53-55
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrinology, Nutrition & Metabolism
Journal title
ENDOCRINOLOGIST
ISSN journal
10512144 → ACNP
Volume
9
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
53 - 55
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-2144(199901/02)9:1<53:HAEFOO>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The Hippocratic doctrine of the four humors and qualities has been assumed as a precursor of modern endocrinology. There is a clinical endocrinologic case in the Hippocratic Aphorism V, #39, probably describing the galactorrh ea-amenorrhea syndrome in a nonpregnant woman. This Aphorism deserves parti cular attention because it appears to be one of the first clear description s of an endocrine syndrome.