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ENDOCRINE GLANDS 



hyperplasia which becomes the starting point of arterio 

 sclerotic lesions. 



Adrenal hyperplasia, cardiac hypertrophy, arterio scle- 

 rosis constitute an anatomical clinical syndrome which 

 Josue has called adrenal vascular syndrome. 



Basing themselves on these pathological considerations, 

 Zimmern, Cottenot, Sergent and others, have applied the 

 principle of inhibiting the action of the glands by radio 

 therapy. This therapeutic measure, not yet much in use, 

 seems to have given good results in certain cases 

 of hypertension. 



