﻿The 
  Genesis 
  of 
  (Edema 
  in 
  Beriberi. 
  

  

  107 
  

  

  Analysis 
  of 
  Table 
  II 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  (1) 
  In 
  12 
  cases 
  of 
  dry 
  beriberi 
  in 
  tbis 
  series 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  adrenals 
  per 
  

   kilogram 
  of 
  original 
  body-weight 
  ranged 
  between 
  85 
  and 
  275 
  mgrm. 
  ; 
  the 
  

   weights 
  of 
  the 
  adrenals 
  were 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  health 
  in 
  two 
  cases 
  only. 
  

  

  When 
  calculated 
  against 
  the 
  final 
  body-weight 
  of 
  the 
  birds, 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  

   the 
  adrenals 
  per 
  kilogram 
  ranged 
  between 
  123 
  and 
  423 
  mgrm. 
  ; 
  in 
  no 
  case 
  

   was 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  adrenals 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  health. 
  

  

  (2) 
  The 
  total 
  amount 
  of 
  adrenalin 
  in 
  the 
  adrenal 
  glands 
  from 
  these 
  cases 
  

   ranged 
  between 
  O045 
  and 
  0*138 
  mgrm. 
  In 
  10 
  cases 
  out 
  of 
  12 
  the 
  total 
  

   amount 
  of 
  adrenalin 
  was 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  health, 
  but 
  on 
  a 
  higher 
  average 
  

   than 
  that 
  of 
  health. 
  

  

  (3) 
  The 
  average 
  adrenalin-content 
  per 
  gramme 
  of 
  gland 
  in 
  12 
  cases 
  of 
  dry 
  

   beriberi 
  was 
  O0021 
  grm., 
  or 
  practically 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  health. 
  

  

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

   ranged 
  between 
  0*173 
  aud 
  - 
  552 
  mgrm. 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  health 
  in 
  

   5 
  cases 
  out 
  of 
  12. 
  

  

  When 
  • 
  calculated 
  against 
  the 
  final 
  body-weight 
  of 
  the 
  birds, 
  the 
  total 
  

   adrenalin 
  ranged 
  between 
  0*250 
  and 
  0*807 
  mgrm. 
  ; 
  in 
  all 
  cases 
  with 
  one- 
  

   exception 
  (No. 
  224), 
  the 
  total 
  adrenalin 
  per 
  kilogram 
  of 
  body-weight 
  

   exceeded 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  health. 
  

  

  Analysis 
  of 
  Table 
  III 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  (1) 
  In 
  10 
  cases 
  of 
  wet 
  beriberi 
  in 
  this 
  series 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  adrenals 
  per 
  

   kilogram 
  of 
  original 
  body-weight 
  ranged 
  between 
  145 
  and 
  478 
  mgrm. 
  ; 
  in 
  

   no 
  case 
  was 
  this 
  weight 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  health. 
  

  

  When 
  calculated 
  against 
  the 
  final 
  body- 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  birds, 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  

   the 
  adrenals 
  per 
  kilogram 
  ranged 
  between 
  205 
  and 
  578 
  mgrm. 
  ; 
  in 
  no 
  case 
  

   was 
  this 
  weight 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  health. 
  

  

  (2) 
  The 
  total 
  amount 
  of 
  adrenalin 
  in 
  the 
  enlarged 
  adrenals 
  from 
  10 
  cases 
  

   of 
  wet 
  beriberi 
  ranged 
  between 
  0*090 
  and 
  0'165 
  mgrm. 
  In 
  no 
  case 
  was 
  the 
  

   adrenalin-content 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  health, 
  although 
  in 
  one 
  case 
  (No. 
  244) 
  

   it 
  was 
  as 
  low 
  as 
  the 
  maximum 
  limit 
  found 
  amongst 
  10 
  healthy 
  birds. 
  

  

  (3) 
  The 
  average 
  adrenalin-content 
  per 
  gramme 
  of 
  gland 
  in 
  10 
  cases 
  of 
  wet 
  

   beriberi 
  was 
  0*0018, 
  or 
  slightly 
  below 
  that 
  of 
  health. 
  

  

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

   ranged 
  between 
  0408 
  and 
  - 
  750 
  mgrm. 
  ; 
  in 
  all 
  cases, 
  including 
  No. 
  244 
  

   referred 
  to 
  in 
  para. 
  (2) 
  above, 
  it 
  greatly 
  exceeded 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  health. 
  

  

  When 
  calculated 
  against 
  the 
  final 
  body-weight 
  of 
  the 
  birds, 
  the 
  total 
  

   adrenalin 
  in 
  the 
  body 
  ranged 
  between 
  0*552 
  and 
  1*178 
  mgrm., 
  the 
  excess 
  over 
  

   that 
  found 
  in 
  health 
  being 
  very 
  pronounced. 
  

  

  