AND PERSONALI TY 



made under the drive of emotion. Emotion deepens and 

 facilitates the action patterns during the adrenal-sym- 

 pathetic state of fear, anger, love, worry, pity, etc. 



T11 



Coeliac ganglion 



T12 



Abdominal 

 sympathetic chain 



Coeliac artery 



Aorta 



FIG. 23. The sympathetic nervous system of the reptile (alligator). 



In our discussion of the adrenal gland, we must adjust 

 the important fact that the cortex of the adrenal gland is 

 essential to the integrity of the brain. This fact is probably 

 due to the unique composition of the adrenal cortex, a 

 lipoid substance that possesses many properties resembling 

 those of the matrix of the brain and the lipoid films envelop- 

 ing the brain cells. Without the adrenal cortex life ends. 

 Without the adrenal medulla life continues, but at a low 

 level. Thyroxin is not a substitute for adrenalin or for the 

 adrenal cortex. 



When the brain is integrated for fear, for fight, or for 



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