INDEX 



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Endocrin glands, history of, first half 



of nineteenth century, 57. 



-from Brown-Sequard in 1891, 62. 



-function first stated clearly by 



Theophile de Bordeu (1722-76), 46. 



glycogenic secretion in animals, 

 58. 



hormonic equilibrium of body 

 and thermodynamic equilibrium, 

 76. 



internal secretions, and investiga- 

 tions and treatises on, 77, 78. 



-lungs or individual cells of body 

 tissues provisionally regarded as 

 ductless glands, 58. 

 myxedema, 53. 



observations bearing on endemic 

 goiter, in antiquity, 50. 



observations connected with uni- 

 versal interest in giants and dwarfs, 



49. 

 observations of Brown-Sequard 



on old Bordeu theory of internal 



secretions (1893), 62. 

 observations of Claude Bernard, 



epoch-making character of, indicated 



by Sir Michael Foster, 60. 

 introducing new concept of 



internal secretions, 58. 

 observations of Felix Plater 



(1614), in connection with doctrine 



of the "status thymicolymphaticus," 



50. 

 observations of Legallois (1801), 



57. 

 observations on the chromaphil 



system, 68. 

 isolation and investigation of 



epinephrin, 68. 

 observations on ovariotomy, and 



Battey's operation (1872), 66, 67. 

 observations on pineal gland or 



epiphysis cerebri, 67. 

 doctrine of "macrogenitosomia 



precox," 67. 

 experimental extirpation of, 



68. 

 observations on pituitary body, 



activities of, 66. 



discovery of extract of pos- 

 terior lobe (pituitrin), 66. 

 in experimental removal of, 



partial and total, 65. 

 perverted function of gland, 



"dyspituitarism," 66. 



structure of, 64. 



observations on placental internal 



secretion, 68. 



Endocrin glands, history of, observa- 

 tions on relation of tetany to thy- 

 roidectomy and parathyroidectomy 

 64. 



observations on thyroidectomy, 60, 



- obtaining of glycogenic substance 

 of liver in the form of a dry powder, 

 which could be converted into dex- 

 trose by fermentation, Claude Ber- 

 nard (1855), 59. 



pernicious anemia, 54. 



"pluriglandular insufficiency," in- 

 troduced by Bernard and Gougerot 

 (1907-8), 69. 



pluriglandular syndromes, 70. 



pouring out of thyroidal and ad- 

 renal secretions under surgical shock 

 or passion of fear, 55. 



relation to tonus of nervous sys- 

 tem, 73, 84. 



-Barker on, 75. 



tetany, 53. 



thymus gland, 55. 



treatment of myxedema by thy- 

 roid extract, 61. 



old age, 22. 



adrenals, 23. 



anatomical changes of senescence, 

 22. 



Goodpasture on changes incident 

 to senescence, 22. 



hypophysis, 24. 



ovary, 24. 



parathyroid glands, 23. 



physical debility of senescence, 22. 



pineal organ in, 24. 



senile alterations suggesting en- 



docrin factors, 23. 



sexual alterations in female, 24. 



in male, 24. 

 summary of evidence on, 25. 



suprarenals, 23. 



thymus in, 24. 



thyroid gland, 23. 



relation of internal secretions of, to 

 tonus of nervous system, 75, 76. 



relationship between autonomic 

 nervous system and. See Autonom- 

 ic-endocrin relationship. 



terminology of, 4. 



Endocrin influences, extensive scope 



of, 161. 



Endocrin literature, 6. 

 Endocrinology, nomenclature of, 4. 

 autocoid substances or autocoids, 



4. 

 carelessness in, 5. 



