INDEX 



589 



Adrenalin, production of anirmia by, 

 187 



of hyperaemia by, 187 

 raises heat-tone, 226 

 , reaction of suprarenal capsules to, 



212 



, resuscitating effect on heart, 201 

 -, rise in blood-pressure due to, 183, 



184 



, secretion of, process, 253 

 , stimulation of myoneural sympa- 

 thetic terminals by, 230 

 - sympathetic nerves by, under 

 normal conditions and after 

 large doses of ergot, 232, 233 

 , subcutaneous injection followed 



by hyperglycaemia, 217 

 3 synthetic, 178, 179 

 , toxic action, 236-246, 259 

 , on dogs, 240 



, inflammatory and degenera- 

 tive, 239 



, intravenously, 236, 239 

 , on rabbits, 239, 240 



, subcutaneously, 237, 239 



, on various animals, 236, 237 

 , on vascular system, 240-246 

 , toxo-chemical action, 244 

 , toxic dose, 236 



-, transfusion, continuous, perma- 

 nent increase of blood-pressure 

 under, 259 

 , tyrosin and, 165 

 , tests for, 297 

 , therapeutic applications, 188 

 , time of formation, 251 

 , vasoconstriction due to, 184 

 , vasodilator properties of, 198 



and apocodein, action on muscles 



compared, 228 

 and muscarin, action compared, 



258, 259 



and sympathetic system, 219 

 as diurecic, 212 

 as secretory process of adrenal 



system, 246 



, see also Phloriz'm and adrenalin 

 Adrenalinaemia and Graves's disease, 



264 



, mydriasis as test for, 262, 263 

 , pathological human, 262 

 , physiological, 254-260 



, transient, 255 

 Alanin, 298 



Albumin, decomposition of, 13 

 , metabolism of, 267, 386 



, after extirpation of supra- 



renals, 154 

 Albuminoids in suprarenal capsules, 



275 



Albuminuria in tetany of animals, 43 

 Ammonia poisoning, experimental 

 production, by formation of 

 Eck's fistula, 10 

 Amniota, suprarenals of, 129 

 Amphibia, organs representing supra- 

 renal capsules in, 129 



Amphibia, suprarenal bodies in, 



development, 133 

 Amphioxus, absence of structure 



similar to suprarenal tissue in, 



129 

 Anaemia following exhibition of 



adrenalin, 187 

 Animals, cold and warm-blooded, 



action of adrenalin on hearts of 



compared, 202 

 , endemic cretinism in, 83 

 , extirpation of hypophysis in, 334 

 , goitre in, experimental production, 



82 



---, natural development, 82 

 , suprarenal-less, metabolism of 



carbohydrates in, 154, 155 

 , thyroidectomized, changes in, 62- 



7i 



, various, histology of suprarenal 

 cortical granules in, 285 



Anisotropic substances, 289 



Antibodies, formation not provoked by 

 hormones, 16 



Antigens, hormones and, 16 



Antitoxic action of suprarenal cap- 

 sules, 293, 294 

 activity of thyroid glands, 108 



Antlers as secondary sexual charac- 

 ters, 360, 365 



Aorta, atheromatous degeneration fol- 

 lowing thyroidectomy, 63 

 , toxic action of adrenalin on, 241 



Apathy following suprarenal suppres- 

 sion, 156 



Apes, acute tetany in, 41 



, parathyroid glands in, 36 



Apocodein, 197 



and adrenalin, action on muscles 



compared, 228 



neutralizes action of adrenalin on 

 heart, 203 



paralysing effect on nerve endings, 

 197 



Arhythmia, production of by large 

 doses of adrenalin and extract of 

 chromaffine bodies, 236 



Arteries, changes due to toxic action 

 of adrenalin on, 241, 242, 243 



, effect of adrenalin on, 198 



, when isolated from bodv. 



198 



, isolated, suspension in Ringer's 

 solution, 198, 199 



, muscles of, effect of adrenalin on, 



200 

 , sympathetic innervation, 200 



, treatment with adrenalin, 199, 200; 

 see also Meyers method, 



Arteriosclerosis due to adrenalin, 245,. 

 246 



, hypertension in, 262 



Artery, pulmonary, toxic action of 

 adrenalin on, 243 



Athyrosis and dwarfism, 80 

 and endemic cretinism, 80 



in man, 71 



