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ADRENAL HYPOFUNCTION IN EVERY-DAY 

 PRACTICE 



BY D. C. RAGLAND, M.D., Los Angeles, Calif. 



Some years ago, when I first began to read about the 

 ductless glands and their troubles, I was very forcibly 

 struck with the divers symptomatology of thyroid and 

 adrenal hypofunction. Here we find disturbances in 

 one or more of the following parts : Hair, head, eyes, 

 nose, ears, mouth, teeth, tonsils, respiratory system, 

 cardiovascular system, gastrointestinal system, genito- 

 urinary system, skin, muscles, bones and joints. 



After awhile the idea came to me that all these might 

 be considered as tubes, or were made up of tubes or con- 

 tained many tubes ; and that each tube in the body had 

 a dual nerve supply, i. e., from the sympathetic and the 

 central nervous systems, or if you will, the vegetative 

 and para-vegetative nervous systems. 



THE BALANCE OF NATURE 



This idea, taken with the proven fact that the sympa- 

 thetic or vegetative nervous system is controlled by the 

 ductless glandular system, especially the adrenal or 

 chromaffin system, made the whole thing clear and 

 easy. The embryological studies of C. R. Ide (1) show 

 that adrenal secretion excites the dorsolumbar sympa- 

 thetic, while the pharmacologic studies of Edmonds and 

 Roth (2) show that adrenin produces its effects by an 

 action on the myoneural junctions of the true sympa- 

 thetic nerves. 



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