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cological effects. Numerous experiments were devised and 

 theories elaborated concerning its supposed physiological ac- 

 tion in the body. This preoccupation with all phases of in- 

 terest in connection with epinephrine left relatively little atten- 

 tion for the problems associated with the cortex. It is only 

 in recent years that this part of the adrenal gland has received 

 its due share of attention. 



In the present section we shall consider the chemical, physi- 

 ological, and pharmacological actions of epinephrine. 



