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INDEX 



Adrenin : 



secretion of, mechanism of, 233-4 

 synthesis of, 196 

 glycosuria, 218-220 

 Alimentary canal, actions of adrenin 



on, 187 

 Alveoli, 4 



Amines, physiological activity of, 31 

 sympathomimetic action of, 



197-9 

 Amiurus, anatomy of thyroid in, 



256-7 



Ammoccetes, thyroid in, 255 

 Ammonia, hepatic conversion of, 15 

 Amniota, adrenal bodies in, 95, 



112-114 



Amphibians, adrenal bodies in, 109- 

 112 



thymus gland in, 325 

 Amphioxus, thyroid in, 255 

 Anaesthesia, local adrenin combina- 

 tion with, 204-5 

 Anamnia, adrenal bodies of, 95-98- 



112 



Anaphylaxis, 7 



Animal extracts, effect on blood- 

 pressure, 25, et seq. 

 organs, use of, 6 

 Ancestrum, 75-76 

 Antitoxic action of adrenal cortex, 



241, 246 



function of ductless glands, 15 

 Aiiura, adrenal bodies in, 110 



anatomy of thyroid in, 258-260 

 branchial bodies in, 255, 259-60 

 thymus in, 325 



Apocodeine, effects of, 180-81 

 Arachnodactyly, 409 

 Artefacts in thyroid gland, 271 

 Arteries, effects of adrenal extracts 



on, 165-177 

 Arterioles, contraction of, following 



adrenal extracts, 166, et seq. 

 Arteriosclerosis, hyporplasia of 



adrenals in, 139 

 Arthritis deformans and acromegaly, 



376 



Asthenia in Addison's disease, 130 

 Asthma, adrenal preparations in, 206 

 Ateleiosis, 381 

 Atheroma from adrenin injections, 



176-7 



Athyrosis, foetal and maternal, 294-5 

 Atropine, action of liver on, 38 



choline and, 26-30 

 Autocoid substances, 35 

 Autolytic processes due to enzymes, 



8, 9 



Autonomic nerves, stimulation of, 

 actions of adrenin compared with, 

 187, 191 



Autonomin, 36 

 Autoplastic, definition of, 78 

 Aves. See Birds 



Badger, thyroid extirpation experi- 

 ments in, 303 

 Basal metabolism, influence of 



thyroid on, 291 

 Basedow's disease, 290-293 

 Bdellostoma, adrenal bodies of, 98 

 Bile, secretion of external and 



internal, 13, 61 



Birds, adrenal bodies of, 112, 114 

 adrenal extirpation in, 1.">1 

 parathyroid in, 261 

 post-branchial body in, 262 

 thymus in, 325 

 thyroid in, 260 

 Biuret reaction, 272 

 Bladder, diseases of, adrenal pre- 

 parations in, 206 

 effect of pituitary extract on, 352 

 Blood, changes in, in Addison's 



disease, 130 

 destruction of activity of adrenin 



in, 201 

 glands, 4 

 Blood-pressure, after extirpation of 



adrenal bodies, 145 

 effect of adrenal secretion 

 on, 165-177 



of choline on, 25-30 

 of clamping adrenal 



vein, 221-223 

 of injection of paired 

 bodies of Elasmo- 

 branchs, 99, 102 

 of injections on, 24-31 

 of injection of blood of 



adrenal vein, 217 

 of pituitary extract on, 



347-351 

 of renal extract on, 



25, 52 



of thymus on, 336 

 of thyroid extract on, 



314 

 fall of, from small doses of 



adrenin, 175 



in Addison's disease, 130 

 not maintained by chroma- 

 phil tissues, 221-224, 248 

 Blood-stream, adrenal secretions 



poured into, 216-238 

 internal secretions passed 



into, 4, 14 



Blood-vessels, actions of adrenin 

 on, compared with nerve 

 stimulation, 187-191 

 action, animal extracts on, 

 24-31 



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