Pituitary Research Through Rat Models:Liu Shih-Hao's Studying in London and Far-Reaching Influence
10.12290/xhyxzz.2024-0531
- VernacularTitle:用大鼠模型进行垂体研究——刘士豪的伦敦求学暨深远影响
- Author:
Zhenghua CHEN
1
;
Naishi LI
Author Information
1. 武汉大学历史学院,武汉 430072
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Liu Shih-Hao;
pituitary;
animal models;
hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis
- From:
Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital
2025;16(4):1068-1072
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Liu Shih-Hao,the founder of endocrinology in China,conducted research on the hypothalam-ic-pituitary-gonadal axis using rats as experimental subjects during his academic training in the United Kingdom in the late 1930s.This aspect of his work has not yet received due attention in prior scholarship.Accordingly,this article provides an overview of this series of studies and situates these relatively micro-level events in medi-cal history within the broader context of Liu Shih-Hao's personal academic trajectory and the historical develop-ment of endocrinology at the time.Furthermore,by connecting these early investigations with Liu's later report,The Direction of Endocrinology Research Development,delivered more than two decades afterward,this paper explores the underlying linkages between them.Through this analysis,the study aims to elucidate the rich historiographical significance of these investigations,thereby contributing to a more comprehensive under-standing of Liu Shih-Hao's academic legacy as well as the establishment and evolution of endocrinology in China.
