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  Summary 
  of 
  Results. 
  

  

  (1) 
  In 
  the 
  present 
  series 
  of 
  cases 
  of 
  avian 
  beriberi 
  (polyneuritis 
  gallinarurn), 
  

   oedema 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  associated 
  with 
  massive 
  enlargement 
  of 
  the 
  adrenal 
  

   glands. 
  Case 
  No. 
  236 
  (Table 
  III) 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  exception 
  in 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  

   gross 
  weight 
  of 
  these 
  glands 
  was 
  concerned. 
  It 
  was 
  found, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  

   adrenalin-content 
  of 
  the 
  adrenals 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  adrenal 
  per 
  kilogram 
  of 
  

   body-weight 
  were 
  equal 
  to 
  or 
  exceeded 
  those 
  of 
  other 
  cases 
  of 
  vjet 
  beriberi 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  gross 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  adrenals 
  was 
  much 
  greater. 
  

  

  (2) 
  Two 
  cases 
  of 
  dry 
  beriberi 
  (Nos. 
  243 
  and 
  246, 
  Table 
  II) 
  had 
  adrenal 
  

   glands, 
  and 
  an 
  amount 
  of 
  adrenalin 
  per 
  kilogram 
  of 
  body-weight 
  equal 
  to 
  

   those 
  of 
  wet 
  beriberi. 
  Thus, 
  10 
  cases 
  out 
  of 
  12, 
  or 
  83'3 
  per 
  cent., 
  having 
  

  

  