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pitfalls that must be avoided if one is to steer clear 

 of hypotheses that are attractive and that are based 

 on the flimsiest foundation of actual knowledge. 



One of the earliest attempts to give us a concrete 

 picture of an inter-relationship between the duct- 

 less glands was that due to the Viennese patholo- 

 gists, Eppinger, Falts and Rudinger who, in 1908, 



PAMCfiAS 



FIG. 1. THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PANCBEAS TO THE 

 OTHER DUCTLESS GLANDS. 



published a paper dealing with the influence of the 

 thyroid and the adrenals on the activity of the in- 

 ternal secretion of the pancreas. It was, in fact, 

 an attempt to summarize our knowledge of the 

 modus operandi of carbohydrate metabolism. 

 Their views will be understood by reference to Fig. 

 1, and more particularly to Fig. 2. 



It will be remembered that in our discussion of 

 carbohydrate metabolism it was stated that the 

 various carbohydrates, such as starch and cane 



