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...sociological possibilities from which Dr. Rowntree and his biological friends shied. Two days later, Dr. Riddle told his story of the soft golden eggs. Into the eager-eared members of Manhattan's American Institute who gave him a gold medal for the occasion, he poured a rhapsody on thymovidin, his name for the thymic extract he used. "When," cried he, "these studies were made, the thymus which we all wear close to our hearts, was becoming regarded as an endocrine outlaw. Never have I stepped out upon lighter, more exhilarating air than during those days when I obtained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: In Coop and Cage | 5/14/1934 | See Source »

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