Index 



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Prosecretine, 3, 124. 



affected by removal of pancreas, 125. 



Receptive substance, acted on by drugs and 

 autacoids, 64. 



Secretine, action on, of atropine, 125. 

 gastric, 4, 125. 

 history of, 3. 

 production of, 3, 124. 

 Secretion or secretions, external, 2. 

 internal, classification, 5. 

 definition, 1, 2. 

 history, 2. 



methods of investigating, 8. 

 mode of action of, 7. 

 nature of active principles of, 4, 5. 

 (See also under the various organs.) 

 Sexual characters, secondary, influence on, of 

 interstitial cells of generative glands, 

 135, 140. 

 organs (see Generative glands or organs). 

 Spaying {see Ovary, extirpation of). 

 Spleen, 1. 



affected by thyroidectomy, 47. 

 Stannius, corpuscles of, 58. 

 Substitution therapy, 10. 



Sugar in blood and urine (see Diabetes, Glyco- 

 suria, Hyperglycemia). 

 Suprarenal capsules or suprarenals : — 

 accessory, 50, 57. 



action of drugs through suprarenals, 70. 

 activity of, due to adrenalin, 50. 

 in Addison's disease, 49. 

 autacoid of, 58. 

 blood-supply of, 55. 

 buccal administration of, 65. 

 cortex, chemistry of, 53. 

 in foetus, 51. 

 functions of, 52. 

 lipoids of, 53. 



relationship to sexual organs, 53. 

 structure of, 51. 

 effects of extirpation, 56, 57. 



of transplantation, 57. 

 medulla, extracts of (see also Adrenalin) : — 

 action in Addison's disease, 57. 

 effect of nerve section on, 60. 

 seat of, in myoneural junction or re- 

 ceptive substance, 64. 

 on arteries, 58. 

 on bladder, 63. 



on carbohydrate metabolism, 66. 

 on eye, 63. 

 on hair-muscles, 64. 

 on heart, 59. 

 on intestine, 62. 

 on lacrimal glands, 64. 

 on membrana nictitans or third eyelid, 63 

 on muscle, 64, 65. 

 on pupil, 60, 63. 

 on respiration, 59. 

 on retractor penis, 62. 

 on salivary glands, 64. 

 on sweat glands, 64. 

 on urine, 64. 

 on uterus, 62. 

 on vas deferens, 64. 



Suprarenal capsules or suprarenals : — 

 medulla, extracts of. action on veins, 60. 



subcutaneous administration of, 65. 

 morphology, 50. 



relations to generative glands, 71. 

 to liver, 66, 71. 

 to metabolism, 66. 

 to pancreas, 66, 72. 

 to salivary and lacrimal glands, 71. 

 to sympathetic nervous system, 64. 

 effects of apocodeine, 65. 

 of ergotoxine, 64. 

 secretion of, influence of drugs, 79. 

 influence of fright, 69. 

 of nerves, 69, 72. 

 structure of, 54. 

 vessels and nerves of, 55. 

 Suprarenin, 58. 



Tachyphylaxis, in connexion with pituitary 

 extract, 86. 

 meaning of term, 86. 

 Testicle, autacoid of, 135. 

 effect of X-rays on, 135. 

 extracts of, 136. 

 grafting of, 135. 

 influence of, on secondary sexual characters, 



134. 

 internal secretion of, 132. 

 interstitial cells of, 132. 

 removal of, 133. (See also Castration.) 

 tumours of, 136. 

 Tetania parathyreopriva, 23. 

 Tetany, caused by extirpation of parathyroids, 23. 



toxin, 27. 

 Thymectomy (see Thymus, extirpation of). 

 Thymus, development of, 45. 

 effect of inanition upon, 47. 

 in exophthalmic goitre, 37. 

 extirpation of, 47. 

 functions of, 47. 

 relationship to generative organs, 47. 



to thyroid, 43. 

 result of feeding with, 47. 

 structure of, 45. 

 in thyroid, 11, 47. 

 Thyrine, 40. 



Thyro-globulin (see Iodo-thyro-globulin). 

 Thyroid or thyroid gland, 11. 

 accessory, 12. 

 atrophy" of, 29, 31. 

 autacoids of, 32, 40. 

 blood-vessels of, 13. 

 chemistry of, 40. 

 colloid of, 14. 



comparative anatomy of, 12. 

 development of, 15. 

 effect of parathyroidectomy on, 20. 

 in endemic goitre, 33. 

 in exophthalmic goitre, 36. 

 extirpation of, 29. 



extracts of, administration by mouth, 32, 36. 

 effect on excitability of nerves, 36. 

 intravenous injection, 35. 

 grafting of, 32. 

 internal secretion of, 40. 



influence of nervous system on, 4 4. 

 iodine in, 40. 



