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INTERNAL SECRETION 



Tetany, following" extirpation of thy- 

 roid gland, 38 



parathyroidectomy, 55 



, human, 44 



, infantile, 45 



, causative factor, 120 



, localization of seat of, experi- 

 ments for, 5Q 

 , undetermined, 61 



, post-operative, 44 



, treatment by parathyroid ex- 

 tract, 49, 50 



, puerperal, 44, 45 



, relationship to brain and cere- 

 bellum, 60, 61 



- to spinal cord, 60 



, symptoms of, latent, 45 

 , toxin of, 55, 56 



, nature of, 56 



, point of attack, 50 

 , treatment by blood-letting", 56 

 bv calcium salts, 58, 59 



- by immune serum, 56 



by thyroid extract, 50, 51 

 Thomsen's disease, see Myotonia con- 



genita 

 Thoracic duct, excretion of lymph 



from, promoted by adrenalin, 



213 

 , ligature causing glycosuria, 



43i 

 Thvmus extract, action of, 121 



on blood, 121 

 , depressant, 121 

 , toxic, 121 

 , activity not affected by boiling, 



121 



gland, no 

 , anatomy, in 

 , cells of, not identical with those 



of lymph glands, 112 

 , development, 34. ru 

 , enlargement in status thymico- 



lymphaticus, 122, 123 

 , extirpation, effect on nervous 

 system, 120 

 , experimental, 115 



, effect on ossification, 117, 



118 



, followed by pneumo- 

 thorax, 117 



, hypertrophy in Graves's dis- 

 ease, 96 



,' accompanying cardiac hyper- 

 trophv, 19 

 , implantation, experimental, 



119, 120 



, normal weight in man, 113 

 , involution, 112 

 , persistent and enlarged, follow- 

 ing thvroidectomy, 65 

 , physiology, 113 

 , reaction of motor apparatus to 



electric current, 120 

 , relation of castration to, 116 

 , relationship to hypophysis, 339 



Thymus extract, secretion, action as 

 disassimilatory hormone, 109, 

 1 10 

 , size in dog, guinea-pig, and 



rabbit, 113 

 Thyroglobin, 29 

 Thyroglobulin, 28, 31 

 Thyroid apparatus, 26 



, influence on metabolism of 

 carbohydrates controlled by pan- 

 creas, 430 

 - j modification of action of 



adrenalin by, 226 

 extract, administration after sup- 

 pression of thyroid function, 86 

 in cachexia strumipriva, 87 

 in endemic cretinism, 87 

 , followed by hyperthyroid- 

 ism, 90, 92, 93 



- by tachycardia, 90 

 in myxoedema, 87 

 , oral, resistance to sub- 

 cutaneous injection of acetonitril, 

 increased by, 108, 109 

 , physiological effects, 89-92 



, antitoxic theory, 104, 105 



, diuretic action, 91 

 , effect on metabolism, 91 

 , favourable influence on tuber- 

 culous processes experimentally 

 produced, 108 



in myxoedema, 107 

 , neutralizing activity, 108, 109 

 , physiological effects on circu- 

 latory system, 89, 90 

 , reduction of obesity by, 91 

 , treatment by, mydriasis follow- 

 ing, 211 



gland, administration, effect on 



metabolic changes in hypothy- 

 rosis, 88 



, anatomy, 26 



, antitoxic activity, 108 

 - autotransplantation, 73 



, chemistry of, 29 



, colloid of, 27, 28 

 , comparative anatomy, 34-36 

 , development, 34 

 , diseases of, cause of pathologi- 

 cal conditions following, 107 

 , effect of adrenalin on, 28 

 of castration on, 344 

 on metabolism, 70 

 of nervous excitement on, 28 

 of pilocarpin on, 28 



, etiological connection with 



Graves's disease, 100, 101 



, extirpation, followed by hyper- 

 trophy of pituitary gland, 19 



3 function, secretory, negative, 

 104 



, positive, 104 



, suppression, 105 



, histology, 26, 27 



, influence on blood-formation, 

 37 



