142 I.S.C. Proceedings of the Ninth [N.S., XVIII, 
an internal secretion of the liver or is one of the great eet functions 
disorder ed as for instance the normal en igge of the 
As far as I am aware there has not up to the present been a ees 
as out for an internal secretion of the liver in the 
the testis or pancreas. Still when one considers that of “all oe meer of 
the body the liver has more influence on the ee of food ee 
and fulfills more diverse functions hai any other gland, ade ould not b 
surprising if another ols were added to its reperto z ne went a sot 
meze when one considers the extraordinary diverse site of this gland 
i od as t it di 
secretion and that this sha secretion is in certain quantity essential. 
McCarrison has drawn attention to the sequ Pe tnt diet, damaged 
alimentary canal and a eaenal endocrine functi Hepatic function is 
surely affected and is of ergy importance.” 
The author then stated the desirability of further human experi 
mental work and chemical se: in this connection Bers expressed his 
intention of utilising liver extract in ‘iy ensu nie year in the treatment of 
ing. 
fa c 
secondarily sustaining a damage to the abso orbing surfaces, finally devel- 
ops a specialised a frequently associated with a liver failure, 
the nature of which is obseur 
> kinealyi— By Masor Wrieut, I.M.S. and 
Dr. Trimurrui (Madras). 
This protozoon was discovered by O’Kinealy of Calcutta in 1903 in 
yascular pedunculat ted nasal polypi and egy by Vaughan, Professor 
of i gy at the Medicat College of the Cit 
Minchin and Fantham published A scien description 
of the sails aiucotur ure of the parasite, and in the same year late Dr. 
Madras drew atte 1 of the profession to its existonne in this 
Rhinospouridium of the onjunctiva and the lachrym ee 
al sac hav 
made by Wright and tiie articles on the subject will sheathy appear in 
the medical ing 
be 
ere likened to small portions of the spleen or ene ung of a small een 
casos wer spas —— surface b Wet coloured paintings of Wright’s 
he tee achry mal sac the parasite gives rise to reddish soft polypoid 
gromths which fill up its cavi ity. Ths one how & granular feel. The par 


