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general, and sexual development in particular. Acceleration of these 

 functions occurring in the course of pineal tumours may therefore be 

 interpreted as hyperpinealism. In the absence of further data, obesity 

 and hypertrichosis may be considered as part of the general and sexual 

 overgrowth, but the hypophyseal failure must be considered as a possible 

 contributing factor in the adiposity. 



A close relationship evidently exists between the pineal and testicular 

 functions, which are probably not antagonistic in nature, but as yet there 

 are insufficient data to define the relationship between the pineal organ 

 and the ductless glands, and hence of its relationship to the gonads. 

 Moreover, in quite a number of cases there are no signs whatever of any 

 sexual abnormalitv. 



