• Combines detailed scientific accuracy with a classical style, erudition, and an appealing presentation
• Provides a progressive analysis of each period with an assessment of the interplay between the significant work on individual topics at each time
• Identifies the principle technical advances which have allowed developments
• Includes detailed cross-referencing in the text, tables, and index that allows the interconnections across historical phases to be constructed and integrated

The definitive reference work, this book combines detailed scientific accuracy with a classical style, erudition, and an appealing presentation. It covers the past, present, and future trends in endocrinology, and includes biographies of major figures. It provides chronological tables and name and subject indexes that make the information easily accessible.