TABLE OF CONTENTS OF VOLUME FIRST. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE ADRENALS AS VIEWED FROM THE STAND- 

 POINT OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY 3 



Similarity of the Effects of Removal of the Adrenals in all Ver- 

 tebrates, Including Man 3 



Functions of the Adrenals that are Suppressed when these Or- 

 gans are Removed 9 



Effects of the Adrenal Secretion on the Cardio-Vascular System. 11 



The Adrenal Secretion and the Inhibitory Centers 11 



The Adrenal Secretion and the Vasomotor System 14 



Action of the Adrenal Secretion upon the Heart 17 



Functional Relationship between Arteries and their Capil- 

 laries under the Influence of Adrenal Secretion 18 



Variations in the Functional Activity of the Adrenals 19 



Adrenal Insufficiency and its Causes 19 



Poisons and Variations of the Functional Activity of the 



Adrenals 23 



Mechanical Phenomena that Attend Variations in the Func- 

 tional Activity of the Adrenals 29 



The Adrenals in their Relations to Disease and Poisoning 33 



Effects of Toxins on the Adrenals 33 



Effects of Venoms, Vegetable and Mineral Poisons on the 



Adrenals 39 



Muscular Weakness 40 



Vascular Pressure 44 



Temperature 50 



Cerebral Activity 55 



Polyuria and Anuria 58 



Chemico-Physiological Properties of the Adrenal Secretion 62 



CHAPTER II. 



THE INTERNAL SECRETION OF THE ADRENALS IN ITS RELATIONS 

 TO THE RESPIRATORY PROCESSES AND THE COMPOSI- 

 TION OF THE BLOOD 77 



The Pathogenesis of Bronzing and Addison's Disease 77 



The Adrenals in their Relation to Chlorosis 87 



The Adrenals in their Relation to Blood-disintegration under 



the Influence of Poisons 95 



Insufficiency of the Adrenals as a Source of Blood-disintegration. 102 



Methsemoglobin . . . : 102 



Hsematoporphyrin 100 



The Secretion of the Adrenals and the Respiratory Process.... 120 



CHAPTER III. 



THE INTERNAL SECRETION OF THE ADRENALS IN ITS RELATIONS 



TO THE GENERAL OXIDATION PROCESSES 130 



The Adrenal Secretion and the Oxidizing Substance of the 



Blood 130 



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