title: Highlights from the history of hormonal cytology.
abstract: In 1847 Felix-Archimede Pouchet effectively launched the study of the physiology of cytology. Now 160 years later, the authors briefly trace the development of hormonal cytology to our present knowledge and practice. In the course of the paper the contribution of George Papanicolaou is stressed because of his monumental contribution to a major segment of medical practice of great emotive import.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cytopathology, Naval Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece. aristidis.diamantis@gmail.com
authors.forename: Aristidis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diamantis
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Androutsos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003585:Cell Biology / Q000266:history*; D004704:Endocrinology / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000266:history*