The quest for cortisone

Introduction

Addison and his disease

Introducing Dr. Kendall

Life after the thyroid

Introducing Dr. Hench

Nice guys, saints, eccentrics, and geniuses

1929 and the decision to hunt for cortisone

Another Kendall false start, another great announcement

Kendall strikes out again

Kendall presses on

Score: Szent-Györgyi-1; Kendall-0

Transitions and travels

War looms

Hench meets Kendall

World War II and military steroid research

Plants, politicians, and more pessimism

Good-bye Marker, hello Sarett

Hench returns to Mayo

Push on? Give up?

The decision to test compound E on rheumatoid arthritis

The amazing Mrs. G.

A promising start

The bad and the ugly

Progress and setbacks

Convincing the skeptics

Announcement

The prize

Stockholm

Aftermath

Twilight

The end of the show

Notes.