XX11 TABLE OP CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE INTERNAL SECRETIONS OF THE THYROID AND THYMUS GLANDS 



IN THEIR RELATIONS TO THE ADRENALS 146 



The Thyroid Gland and the Adrenals 146 



Exophthalmic Goiter and Impaired Functional Activity of the 



Adrenals 152 



Adrenal Overactivity 13 2 



Adrenal Insufficiency 153 



Myxoedema and Cretinism and Insufficiency of the Adrenals... 165 



The Thymus Gland and the Adrenals 171 



CHAPTER V. 



THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY BODY, THE THYROID GLAND, AND THE 



ADRENALS AS PARTS OF AN AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM . . 186 



The Pathogenesis of Acromegaly 192 



The Functional Relations between the Anterior and Posterior 



Pituitary Bodies 207 



The Anterior Pituitary Body as the Adrenal Center 215 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE ADRENAL SYSTEM AND VASOMOTOR FUNCTIONS 233 



The Oxidizing Substance and the Motor Nerves in their Rela- 

 tion to Muscular Contraction 233 



The Oxidizing Substance and Myosinogen 234 



The Motor Nerves and their Role in Muscular Contraction. . 247 

 The Oxidizing Substance and the Motor Nerves in their Rela- 

 tion to Glandular Secretion 262 



Lacrymal Glands :(><> 



Salivary Glands 270 



Sudoriferous Glands 276 



Mammary Gland 285 



General Conclusions as to the Mechanism of Functional 



Activity 293 



CHAPTER VII. 



THE ADRENAL SYSTEM, THE GENERAL MOTOR SYSTEM, AND THE 



PNEUMOGASTRIC NERVE 296 



The Oxidizing Substance and the Dual Nervous Supply of the 



Organs of Digestion 296 



The Stomach and its Physico-Chemical Functions 296 



The Gastric Nervous Supply and the Formation of Gastric 



Juice 297 



The Intestines and their Prophylactic Functions 310 



Secreting Glands 312 



Villi and Lymph-follicles 315 



The Liver and its Physico-Chemical Functions 326 



Hepatic Blood-pigments 334 



The Hepatic Tissues in their Relations to Bacteria 341 



Urea and its Formation 342 



Glycogen and its Formation 347 



General Functions of the Liver, Spleen, and Pancreas. . . . 359 



