Laboratory Applications of Present Day Knowledge of the Hormone of the Anterior Lobe of the Pituitary Gland

Author

Herman F. Geske, Marquette University

Date of Award

5-8-1930

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Department

Biological Sciences

First Advisor

E.J. Menge

Second Advisor

William J Grace

Abstract

The history of a pregnancy diagnosis is an old one. In the report of Dr. S. Ashheim is a note which bears this out. The women of ancient Egypt used a rather crude method. Whether it was an efficient test the records do not state. Considering the fact that pregnancy and germination and growth are correlative, these women of the Nile probably were not so far wrong theoretically, whatever the practical results may have been. Their method was to put barley and wheat grains in a pot. These grains were wettened with urine from a woman who thought herself pregnant.

Comments

Essay submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Recommended Citation

Geske, Herman F., "Laboratory Applications of Present Day Knowledge of the Hormone of the Anterior Lobe of the Pituitary Gland" (1930). Bachelors’ Theses. 1853.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/1853