244 MAN --AN ADAPTIVE MECHANISM 



his preparation for operation, the intelligent coopera- 

 tion and understanding of every member of the surgi- 

 cal and hospital staff is indispensable to a realization 

 of a perfected anociation. 



A. 



Section of normal adrenal of dog. 



B. 



Section of adrenal of dog after 

 surgical trauma. 



FIG. 55. EFFECT OF SURGICAL TRAUMA ON THE ADRENALS OF A DOG. 



Compare A and B, noting the marked signs of disintegration in B. 



(From photomicrographs, X 1640.) 



If the natural fear of the approaching ordeal, which 

 is felt by every normal individual, be augmented by 

 tactless words in the surgeon's consulting room, by an 



