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charges in each organ under its influence, This* places the specificity 
in the hcriso e* 
(h) th ti* it h„: a lu&nUtiitive v.ffect rather than * 3«al: * stive one, 
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a*v< .iter th© t . emral life proosse a opaniitati^ely, Thi -* ay ; ?rhap« 
ha ‘ ht of £e& fectin the rate o heael i ft*, bolls-, Qg i« ly rais¬ 
in...; that of the forsale up to, or nearly op te# that of the s&lc, thus 
^llo. ihy each orgau or set o r organs to re-act in it' ©peel io way to 
th^ cha. gi>d conditions, end ir that d■.*free which in celled *orth fry the 
pa: 4 leaJar m-tafeolic ryt reached in the individual, and correlated with 
the different rations of the tissue itself, This places the sp cificity 
in the titan^a tho^seiv s and in their inherent ty ? o reaction, and 
cons:drs the actic of the borrore as purely qu ntitativ , 
fh .e it in not believed that trig a 4 tidy in any ©arise settles the 
question as to which is th© nod© her * at work, 9 *>®e of he f rdio 9 are 
8$2£g>. live* H»r*y are a-, t noble © r irt■*rprotation either way. Th© 4 a-- 
generation of th© secondary seu-cord* or th ir n n-app-arauce in r:my 
caaer. aay b^ xpla nod either as due to an altered general physiologic 
0*1 react on w lob is inhibitory to its f. rssatio acri oauees its de- 
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generation, or else the horrsona aay fee thou ht to be specific in astir 
dir sotly on th© tie ue. 
vho r^t‘i:n of the ilfclleriiw duct say be a specific reaction to 
an altered rotabol c r te, cr the hormone may be specific i it# action 
co thi d :rivaiiv<js of he duct. If the latter view la held, it Kay be 
ashed, why the different parts of the duct which are derived from the 
same tissue, and pr^su-ably receive the sane cose of the hormone 
throughout in one individual, nei her develop nor degenerate at the 
aune rate throughout, hut my be pr «nt in a fair ntate of pre¬ 
servation in one place and entirely gone in others, both regions 
having a c zar.on origin and th» e*«S 9 dose of hor* one. This can perhaps 
be easier understood be expected, if the horaone in ot looked 
upon as aboolut:ly apecifi© in its action. 
