SUBJECT INDEX 



Acromegaly, 167 



AGTH, effect on liver glycogen in 



foetus, 24, 25 

 Adrenal cortex, electron microscopy 

 of, 101, 102 

 in foetus, 22, 23 

 Adrenal extract, effect on placenta, 



141 

 Adrenal gland, mitochondria of, 101, 



102 

 Adrenalectomy, effect on oestrous 



cycle, 50, 58 

 Aerosome, formation of, 88, 89 

 Age factor in pituitary function 

 20-23 

 in some prenatal endocrine 

 events, 18-30 

 Ageing, problems of, general dis- 

 cussion, 246-256 

 Ageing tissues, relation between 

 cell respiration and protein meta- 

 bolism in, 207, 208 

 "Antler- growth stimulus", 181 

 Antlers of deer (see Deer antlers) 

 Apocrine sweat glands, ageing of, 

 194-198 



in human female, 188-201 

 cyclic changes in, 196-198 

 development of, 189 

 dilatation of tubules of, 194, 



195 

 distribution on human body, 



188, 189 

 ducts of, 189, 196 

 during menstruation, 196-198 

 during pregnancy, 197 

 fluorescence, 191 

 gross structure of, 189 

 in young adults, 190-194 

 iron content of, 191-193 

 lipid content of, 191 

 mitosis in, 196 

 morphological changes with 



age, 195, 196 

 myoepithelial cells of, 194 



Apocrine sweat glands 



phylogeny, 188 

 pigment in, 190-194 

 ribonucleic acids in, 194 

 Schiff-reaction, 193, 194, 195 



Apples, ripening of, 208 



Archoplasm, 88 



Argyria, 100, 101 



Barley leaves, respiration and pro- 

 tein metabolism in, 203-207 

 Blood cells (see Red blood cells) 



Caruncle in goat, 156 

 Cell respiration and protein meta- 

 bolism in ageing tissues, 207, 208 

 Cells, living, cold storage of, 215, 216 

 Chorion, membranous, in goat, 

 156-158 

 potassium content of, in goat, 

 151, 153, 154 

 Chorionic gonadotrophin, induc- 

 tion of ovulation in pregnant guinea 

 pig by, 75, 79, 82 

 Cleft palate, produced by injection 



of cortisone, 18, 19 

 Cold storage of living cells, bio- 

 physical aspects of, 215, 216 

 of red blood cells, 215, 216, 236, 



237 

 technique in investigation of age- 

 ing processes, 229 

 Corpora lutea, functional capacity 

 of induced, 78 

 induced, capacity to sensitize the 

 uterus to decidual reaction, 

 78,79 

 effect on parturition, 79 

 Corpus luteum, of guinea pig, 69-85 

 microscopic observations, 



73, 74 

 quantitative observations, 

 71-73 

 prolongation of, in pregnancy, 

 70-83 



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