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Selye: a syndrome produced by diverse nocuous agents

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Anatomy, physiology and pathology · EMPIRICAL

Reference score85,000Provisional editorial estimate of this exact contribution; its grade is assessed separately.

What changed

Reported a recurring rat physiological-response pattern across distinct damaging agents.

Scientific scope

The record is Selye's sole-author one-page 1936 Nature letter and its animal observations. It does not absorb his later general-adaptation-syndrome stages, human clinical claims, all stress biology or priority beyond this target work.

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The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Selye's sole-author one-page 1936 Nature letter and its animal observations. It does not absorb his later general-adaptation-syndrome stages, human clinical claims, all stress biology or priority beyond this target work.

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Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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