Till: I'lTIITARY I'.nl.Y 





tli.- mammary glands and the kidne; d" I evi- 



denced by the remarkable increase in the arinary flow following injection 

 of the pitnitrin. This diuresis mighl dne merely to the 



vasodilatation that we hs such extracts produce dilatation 



which is all the more marked because the \ in the b 



undergo constriction. But pituitrin continues I l arinary 



outflow iii the abseii t* any demonstrable vascular change; it ah 



after the administration of atropine, ■><> that it I by n 



observers to act on the excretory epithelium «»f the convo tubules 



on n.) 





in much the same way i tain diuretics, like diuretin. This renal 



hormonic action of pituitrin would appear t<> he analogous with that 



m on the epithelium of the pancreas Auothe 

 ing that tin secretory hormone is independent of that producing \ 

 dilatation of the renal that a repeated d pituitrin. 



although, . it usually has a d< 



. -rill produces a stimulating effect on ti 

 The value of pituitrin as a diuretic in clinical pi v well 



i ized. 

 The etTeet on milk - *t demonsl by placii . 



