ADRENALIN IN SCURVY

Relation of Scurvy to the Adrenalin Content of the Adrenal Glands of Guinea Pigs

It has been reported from this laboratory (1) that a deficiency of vitamin C in guinea pigs leads to changes in carbohydrate metabolism, as evidenced by glycosuria, a diabetic type of the glucose tolerance curve, and depletion of the glycogen content of the liver. We have also found that there is a fall in the insulin content of the pancreas (2), an increase in the size and also the number of i...

Adrenalin in Plague

a new drug is calculated to induce other medical men to try it, with eventual benefit to suffering humanity, however obscure the member of our profession may be, from whom the testimony may come. My first acquaintance with the value of the suprarenal capsule as a medicinal agent took place within two months of my starting practice in Bombay. Four fivegrain tablets of the capsule dissolved in a ...

Adrenalin in Annelids

1. The sympathetic nervous system and the adjuvant adrenalin-secreting system are found in their earliest form in the annelid kingdom, and consist of cells situated in the central nervous system which are the common ancestors of both, and which are both secretory and nervous in function. 2. These cells are developed in the annelid kingdom parallel with the development of a contractile vascular ...

Scurvy

Scurvy