THE ANATOMY OF THE PITUITARY BODY 



pophysectomy are referred to in the Index. However, there 

 are a few reports which should be mentioned here. Abram- 

 ovitz (1937), Thomas (1937), Miyagawa (1936), and Harris 

 and Popa (1938) have discussed the technic of hypophysec- 

 tomy in teleost fishes, in the mouse, and in the rabbit. A 

 brief description of the effects of hypophysectomy in the 

 mouse (in male and in normal, pregnant, and lactating fe- 

 male) will be found in the report of Leblond and Nelson 

 (1937). Observations on the effects of radon or X-rays on the 

 pituitary of various animals have been published by Ber- 

 tolotto (1935), Cucchini (1934), Fehr (1936), Lacassagne and 

 Nyka (1934-35), and Franck (1937). Karlik and Robinson 

 (1935) gave a detailed description of the changes in the cen- 

 tral nervous system as well as the other better-known altera- 

 tions in the organs and their functions appearing in a dog 

 during and after a five-year period following hypophysec- 

 tomy. According to Robinson (1937), hypophysectomy in the 

 pig is followed by characteristic atrophic changes in all the 

 glands of internal secretion except the adrenal cortex. Cer- 

 tainly this observation requires confirmation. 



The relationship of the hypothalamus to the pituitary 

 body likewise is discussed in the appropriate chapters, espe- 

 cially in chapter x. Readers who are particularly interested 

 in this relationship are referred to the review of Raab (1936). 

 Raab's enthusiasm, however, has led him to many conclu- 

 sions lacking a sound foundation. 



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