An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

16061 entries, 14144 authors and 1947 subjects. Updated: December 10, 2024

THAYER, Sidney A.

3 entries
  • 1193

The preparation of the crystalline ovarian hormone from the urine of pregnant women.

J. biol. Chem., 86, 499-509, 1930.

First isolation of a pure crystalline hormone (estrone). Preliminary communication in Amer. J. Physiol., 1929, 90, 329-30.



Subjects: Ductless Glands: Internal Secretion › Gonads: Sex Hormones
  • 1081

The isolation of vitamin K1.

J. biol. Chem., 130, 219-34, 1939.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Binkley, MacCorquodale, Thayer, Doisy.

In 1943 Doisy received half of  the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine  "for his discovery of the chemical nature of vitamin K."  Henrik Dam received the other half "for his discovery of Vitamin K." See also No. 1082.



Subjects: NOBEL PRIZES › Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine , NUTRITION / DIET › Vitamins
  • 1082

The constitution of vitamin K2.

J. biol. Chem., 133, 721-29, 1940.

Structural formula of vitamin K2.



Subjects: NUTRITION / DIET › Vitamins