TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PAGE 



List of Illustrations xiii 



CHAPTER 



I. The Anatomy of the Pituitary Body i 



II. The Regulation of Growth by the Pituitary Body . 32 



III. The Gonadotropic Hormones of the Pituitary Body . 47 



IV''. The Gonadotropic Hormones Associated with Pregnancy 



OR Certain Neoplasms 124 



V. The Pars Glandularis of the Pituitary Body in Rela- 

 tion TO THE Development of the Breasts and the Secre- 

 tion OF Milk i^i 



VI. The Thyrotropic Hormone 174 



VII. The Interrelationship between the Pars Glandularis 

 and the Adrenal Glands; the Influence of the Pars 

 Glandularis on the Metabolism of Carbohydrates, 

 Lipoids, Proteins, and Minerals (with Remarks on the 

 Pituitary-Parathyroid Interrelationship) .... 198 



VIII. The Pituitary Body in Relation to the Regulation of 



the Distribution OF Pigment IN Chromatophores . . . 244 



IX. New Observations on the Chemistry and Pharmacology 



OF Extracts of the Pars Neuralis 258 



X. The Pars Neuralis as a Gland of Internal Secretion . 274 



Appendix. The Structural Formulas and Principal Actions 



OF Hormones of Natural Origin 293 



Bibliography 298 



Index 385 



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