CONTENTS xiii 



PAGES 



P. The proteins, lipoids, etc., of the adrenal bodies . . . 202 

 Q. The medical and surgical employment of adrenal preparations . 204 

 Surgical employment of adrenin alone or combined with 

 other drugs ........ 204 



Application of adrenal preparations to the conjunctiva and 

 mucous surfaces ....... 205 



Use of adrenal preparations in diseases of the bladder . . 206 

 Use of adrenal preparation and of adrenin in haemorrhage s. 206 

 Adrenin in cardio-vascular conditions .... 208 



Adrenal preparations in Addison's disease . . . 209 



Various applications of adrenal preparations and of adrenin 211 



Mode of administration of adrenal preparations . .211 



R. Theories as to the function or functions of the adrenal bodies . 212 



Introductory . . . . . .212 



1. Theories as to the function of the medulla . . .216 



Stimulation of the splanchnic nerve . . . 224 



Discharge of adrenin into the circulation . . 233 

 Histological evidence. ..... 235 



Emotional discharge of adrenin .... 236 



2. Theories as to the function of the adrenal cortex . .238 



Tumours of adrenal cortex . . . .241 



Adrenal hypernephromata .... 242 



Functional variations ..... 243 

 Effects of administration of adrenal preparations 



upon growth of body and testes . . . 245 

 S. Summary of views as to the probable functions of the adrenal 



bodies . 248 



CHAPTER XII 



THE CAROTID AND COCCYGEAL BODIES ..... 250 254 



A, The carotid body 250 



Historical ". 250 



Comparative anatomy and embryology . .251 



Microscopical structure ... . 252 



B. The coccygeal body 254 



CHAPTER XIII 



THE FUNCTIONS OF THE THYROID AND PARATHYROIDS . . 255 324 



A. Introductory : The organs derived from the region of the 



pharynx and gill-clefts ..... 255 



