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...the
general adaptation syndrome
was discovered almost accidentally by
Hungarian
endocrinologist
Hans Selye
? He was searching for new hormones by injecting
mice
with
organ
homogenates
, but found they all displayed an
acute stress reaction
.
...the
keratolytic
effects of
over-the-counter
salicylic acid
are used to treat
viral warts
?
...in
1906
,
Frederick Hopkins
suggested the existence of
vitamins
and suggests that a lack of vitamins causes
scurvy
and
rickets
? He was awarded the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
in
1929
, and also discovered the
amino acid
tryptophan
in
1901
.
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