Sakura A (1988) Paul Langerhans (1847–1888): a centenary tribute. J R Soc Med 81:414–415

Heidenhain R (1870) Untersuchungen uber den Bau der Labdrusen. Arch Mikr Anat 6:368CrossRef

Drozdov I, Modlin I, Kidd M, Goloubinov V (2009) From Leningrad to London: the saga of Kulchitsky and the legacy of the enterochromaffin cell. Neuroendocrinology 89:1–12CrossRefPubMed

Nikolas A (1891) Recherches sur l’epithelium de l-intestin grele. Intern Monatssch Anat Physiol 8:1

Kulchitsky N (1897) Zur Frage uber den Bau des Darmkanals. Arch Mikr Anat 49:7–35

Simard L, Campenhout T (1932) The embryonic development of argentaffin cells in the chick intestine. Anat Rec 53:141–159

Ciaccio M (1906) Sur une nouvelle espece cellulaire dans les glandes de Lieberkuhn. C R Seances Soc Biol Fil 60:76–77

Langhans T (1867) Uber einen Drusenpolyp im ileum. Virchows Arch Pathol Anat Physiol Klin Med 38:550–560

Lubarsch O (1888) Uber dem primaren Krebs des ileum nebst bemerkungen uber das gleichzeitige Vorkommen van Krebs und Tuberculose. Virchows Arch 111:280–317CrossRef

Ransom W (1890) A case of primary carcinoma of the ileum. Lancet 2:1020–1023CrossRef

Oberndorfer S (1907) Karzinoid Tumoren des Dunndarms. Frankf Z Pathol 1:426–432

Oberndorfer S (1928) Karzinoide Handbuch der Speziellen. In: Handbuch der Speziellen Pathologischen Anatomie und Histologie. Verlag von Julius Springer, Berlin, pp 814–847

Gosset A, Masson P (1914) Tumeurs endocrines se lappendice. Presse Med 25:237–240

Kull H (1925) Die chromaffinen Zellen des Verdauungstraktus. Z Mikr Anat Forsch 2:163

Feyter F (1938) Ueber diffuse endokrine epitheliale Organe. Zentralbl Innere Med 545:31–41

Rindi G, Leiter A, Kopin A, Bordi C, Solcia E (2004) The ‘normal’ endocrine cell of the gut: changing concepts and new evidence. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1014:1–12CrossRefPubMed

Bartholin T (1668) Bartholinus anatomy in four books and four manuals. N Culpepper, London

Lindholm J (2000) Cushing’s syndrome: historical aspects. Pituitary 3:97–104

Coxe J (1827) On the function of the capsule renales. Am J Med Sci 6:40–49CrossRef

Schneider C (1655) Dissertatio de osse cribriformi. Wittenberg

Cunningham E (1879) A large sub-arachnoid cyst involving the greater part of the parietal lobe of the brain. J Anat Physiol 13:508–517PubMedCentralPubMed

Fritsche C, Klebs E (1884) Ein Beitrag zur Pathologie des Riesenwuchses. Vogel, Leipzig

Landolt A, Zachmann M (1980) The Irish Giant: new observations concerning the nature of his ailment. Lancet 1:1311–1312CrossRefPubMed

Schaefer E, Hering P (1908) The action of pituitary extracts upon the kidney. Philos Trans R Soc London Series B 199:1–29CrossRef

Bulloch W, Sequeira J (1905) On the relation of the suprarenal capsules to the sexual organs. Trans Path Soc London 56:189–208

Guthrie L, Emery W (1907) Precocious obesity, premature sexual and physical development, and hirsuties in relation to hypernephroma and other morbid conditions. Trans Clin Soc Lond 40:175–202

Cushing H (1912) The pituitary body and its disorders. Lippincott Comp, Philadelphia/London

Cushing H (1914) Surgical experiences with pituitary disorders. JAMA 63:1515–1525CrossRef

Carney J (1995) The search for Harvey Cushing’s patient, Minnie G., and the cause of her hypercortisolism. Am J Surg Pathol 19:100–108CrossRefPubMed

Young WJ, Carney J, Musa B, Wulffstraat N, Lens J, Drexhage H (1989) Familial Cushing’s Syndrome due to primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease. Reinvestigation 50 years later. N Engl J Med 321:1659–1664CrossRefPubMed

Reichman V (1919) Uber ein ungewohlisches Krankheitsbild bei Hypophysenadenom. Dtsch Arch Klin Med 130:133–150

Cushing H (1932) The basophilic adenomas of the pituitary body and their clinical manifestations (pituitary basophilism). Bull Johns Hopkins Hosp 50:137–195

Cushing H (1932) Further notes on pituitary basophilism. JAMA 99:281–284CrossRef

Cushing H (1933) Dyspituitarism: twenty years later; with special consideration of the pituitary adenomas. Arch Intern Med 51:487–557CrossRef