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  Dr. 
  R. 
  McCarrison. 
  

  

  10 
  healthy 
  control 
  pigeons 
  of 
  a 
  like 
  age 
  to 
  those 
  in 
  which 
  beriberi 
  was 
  

   experimentally 
  produced. 
  

  

  . 
  In 
  previous 
  communications 
  (1, 
  2) 
  the 
  weights 
  of 
  the 
  adrenals 
  per 
  kilogram 
  

   of 
  body-weight 
  were 
  calculated 
  against 
  the 
  original 
  body-weights 
  of 
  the 
  birds. 
  

   In 
  the 
  present 
  series 
  of 
  cases 
  of 
  avian 
  beriberi 
  the 
  weights 
  of 
  these 
  organs 
  are 
  

   shown 
  in 
  terms 
  of 
  (a) 
  original 
  body- 
  weight, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  terms 
  of 
  (b) 
  final 
  

   body-weight 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  death. 
  The 
  results 
  of 
  these 
  observa- 
  

   tions 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  Tables 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Table 
  I. 
  — 
  Showing 
  the 
  Adrenalin-Content 
  in 
  the 
  Adrenal 
  Glands 
  and 
  the 
  

   Total 
  Adrenalin 
  per 
  kilogram 
  of 
  Body-Weight 
  in 
  10 
  Healthy 
  Control 
  

   Pigeons. 
  

  

  Number 
  

  

  of 
  

   Pigeon. 
  

  

  Final 
  

   weight 
  of 
  

   pigeon 
  

   in 
  grm. 
  

  

  Weight 
  of 
  

   adrenals 
  

   in 
  mgrm. 
  

  

  Weight 
  of 
  adrenals 
  

   per 
  kilogram 
  

   of 
  body-weight 
  

   in 
  mgrm. 
  

  

  Total 
  adrenalin 
  

   in 
  glands 
  

   in 
  mgrm. 
  

  

  Total 
  adrenalin 
  

  

  per 
  kilogram 
  

   of 
  body-weight 
  

   in 
  mgrm. 
  

  

  242 
  

  

  350 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  85-7 
  

  

  -C90 
  

  

  0-257 
  

  

  255 
  

  

  230 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  95 
  -6 
  

  

  -051 
  

  

  -221 
  

  

  256 
  

  

  210 
  

  

  24 
  

  

  114-2 
  

  

  0-054 
  

  

  0-257 
  

  

  257 
  

  

  220 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  100 
  -o 
  

  

  052 
  

  

  -238 
  

  

  258 
  

  

  240 
  

  

  18 
  

  

  75 
  -0 
  

  

  0-045 
  

  

  -187 
  

  

  259 
  

  

  280 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  78-5 
  

  

  0-052 
  

  

  0-187 
  

  

  260 
  

  

  240 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  91 
  -6 
  

  

  -051 
  

  

  0-212 
  

  

  261 
  

  

  270 
  

  

  24 
  

  

  88 
  -8 
  

  

  -054 
  

  

  -200 
  

  

  262 
  

  

  270 
  

  

  23 
  

  

  85 
  -0 
  

  

  060 
  

  

  -222 
  

  

  263 
  

  

  240 
  

  

  25 
  

  

  104 
  -0 
  

  

  0-045 
  

  

  0-187 
  

  

  Averages 
  

  

  ... 
  255 
  

  

  23 
  -2 
  

  

  91 
  -8 
  

  

  -0554 
  

  

  0-216 
  

  

  Analysis 
  of 
  Table 
  I 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  (1) 
  In 
  healthy 
  pigeons 
  in 
  this 
  series, 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  adrenals 
  per 
  kilo- 
  

   gram 
  of 
  body-weight 
  ranged 
  between 
  75 
  and 
  114 
  mgrm. 
  

  

  (2) 
  The 
  total 
  amount 
  of 
  adrenalin 
  in 
  the 
  healthy 
  glands 
  ranged 
  between 
  

   0-045 
  and 
  0"090 
  mgrm. 
  

  

  (3) 
  The 
  average 
  adrenalin-content 
  per 
  gramme 
  of 
  gland 
  in 
  ten 
  health'// 
  

   pigeons 
  was 
  - 
  0023 
  grm. 
  

  

  (4) 
  The 
  total 
  amount 
  of 
  adrenalin 
  per 
  kilogram 
  of 
  body-weight 
  ranged 
  

   between 
  - 
  187 
  and 
  - 
  257 
  mgrm. 
  

  

  