INDEX 



ABDOMINAL chromaphil body, 



117-122 

 physiological effects of 



extracts of, 121 

 Accessory adrenals, 114-122, 147 



cortical bodies, 116 

 Acervulus cerebri, 387 

 Achondroplasia, 381 

 Acromegaly, 371-377. See Table of 



Contents 

 Adamkiewicz reaction (of thyroid 



colloid), 273 

 Addison's disease, 127-138. Ste 



Table of Contents 

 adrenal preparations in, 



209-210 



blood changes in, 130 

 ergographic test in, 130 

 origin of pigment in, 136 

 Adiposity after removal of pituitary, 



362 



effect of castration upon, 73-74 

 in pituitary tumours, 378 

 pineal tumours and, 392-393 

 Adiposis dolorosa, 408 

 Adrenal bodies, 14, 93-249. See 



Table of Contents 

 accessory, 114-122 



relation to adrenal ex- 

 tirpation, 147-149 

 chemistry of, 185-200, 202- 



203, 240 

 defective development of, 



138 



extirpation of, 140-153 

 extractives from, 202 

 heat -regulating mechanism 



of, 235 



hyperplasia of, in arterio- 

 sclerosis, 139 

 hypertrophy of, in inanition, 



249 



in pregnancy, 243 

 (Marchand's), 116 

 of birds, 112, 114 

 of fishes, 98-109 

 secretory function of, 216- 



248 

 signs of secretory activity 



in, 237, 247 

 tumours of, 139, 241 



Adrenal cortex, 93, 112, 115, 127, 

 238-248. See Table of 

 Contents 

 antitoxic function of, 241, 



462 

 brain of man, influence on, 



241, 248 

 functional relationship to 



medulla, 235, 247 

 mechanism of influence on 



reproductive organs, 244 

 relation to sexual organs, 



241-245 



Adrenal extracts. See also Chroma- 

 phil tissues, pharmaco- 

 dynamics of 

 effects of, 158-165 

 special physiological effects 



of, 165-185 

 Addison's disease, 210 

 mode of administration, 



211-212 



therapeutic uses of, 204 

 Adrenal medulla, 112, 127 



theories as to functions of, 



216-238, 249 

 pharmaco-dynamics of. See 



Chromaphil tissues 

 total deficiency of, 138 

 tumours of, 139-140 

 Adrenalin (see also Adrenin), 192 ; 



formula of, 194 

 Adrenalon, 194-195 

 Adrenal secretion, excessive pro- 

 duction of, 138 



Adrenal vein blood, effect on blood- 

 pressure of injection of, 217 

 Adrenal white line (Sergent), 131 

 Adrenin : 



Origin and chemistry of, 185-6, 

 192-20& See also Adrenal 

 medulla 



estimation of, 197, 217-18 

 effects of, general, 158-165, 



166-185, 187-191, 229-233 

 intestinal relaxation test for, 236 

 medical and surgical applications 



of, 204-12 



not essential to life, 223 

 pharmaco-dynamics of. See 

 Chromaphil tissues 



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