THE PITUITARY BODY 



Phosphatide of blood 



effect of pars neuralis extract on, 364 

 Pigmentation; see also Chromatophores 

 effect of chromatosome-dispersing 

 hormone on, 314-15 

 Pineal body; see Epiphysis 

 Pitocin; see Oxytocic principle 

 Pitressin; see Vasopressor principle 

 Pituicyte, 19 

 Pituitary basophilism, 31 

 Placenta; see Prolan 

 Placentoma; see Deciduoma 

 Portal-vein pressure 



effect of vasopressor principle on, 340 

 Posterior lobe, i; see also Pars interme- 

 dia. Pars neuralis 

 Posterior-lobe principles 



and chromatosome-dispersing hor- 

 mone, 317-18 

 Potassium of blood 



effect of hypophysectomy on 

 in amphibia, 41 

 in mammal, 65 

 Pregnancy; see also Prolan 



anatomy of pituitary and, 6, 20-23 

 and gonadotropic hormones, pitui- 

 tary, 137, 162-64, 206 

 effect of hypophysectomy on, 56, 61, 



67-68, 69, 70, 71 

 and lactation, 241-43 

 and action of oxytocic principle, 343- 



45 

 effect on pars neuralis principles, 322 

 after prolan, 1 90, 1 94 

 effects of prolan during, 186, 191, 194 

 Pregnancy-cells, 20, 21 

 Pregnancy diagnosis 

 mare, 233 

 woman, 221 

 Pregnancy-toxemia; see Toxemia of 



pregnancy 

 Pregnancy-urine; see also Prolan 

 effect of, on parathyroids, 279 

 sensitization of action of oxytocic 

 principle, 342 

 Pregnant-mare serum; see Gonadotropic 

 hormone, pregnant mare 



Progesterone; see Corpus luteum hor- 

 mone 

 Prolactin, 235 

 Prolan 



and adrenals, 215-16 

 effect of, on adrenals after hypophy- 

 sectomy, 283, 284, n. 7 

 age and response to, 190, 203 

 antagonized by anterior pituitary 



extract, 213-14 

 antihormones of, 208, 21 4, 226-27 

 assay of, 186-87, i9-> 217-21 

 biology of, or effects on gonads in 

 female animals, 181-99 

 in amphibia, 183-84 

 in birds, 184 

 in fish, 183 

 in mammals, 184-99 

 bat, 184 

 cat, 195-96 

 dog, 196 

 ferret, 195 

 guinea pig, 195 

 hedgehog, 184 

 man, 198-99 

 monkey, 196-98 

 mouse, 184-86 

 rabbit, 191-95 

 rat, 186-91 

 biology of, or effects on gonads in male 

 animals, 199-205 

 in amphibia, 200 

 in birds, 200 

 in fish, 200 

 in mammals, 200-205 

 ferret, 204 

 guinea pig, 203-4 

 hedgehog, 204 

 man, 205 

 monkey, 204-5 

 mouse, 200-203 

 rabbit, 204 

 rat, 200- 203 

 chemical properties of, 222-23 

 distribution of, 176-81, 205-6 

 in blood, 178-79 

 in cerebrospinal fluid, 179 

 in fetus, 178 

 in placenta, 179-80, 205-6 



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