The Physiology and Pathology of Exposure to Stress. A Treatise Based on the Concept of the General Adaptation Syndrome and the Diseases of Adaptation

jsi. rior pituitary. Simple pictures of the action of com350!? (^h plenty of space round them to facilitate prehension?overcrowding in pictures and texts the reviewer considers a stress which overpowers comprehension thereof) show the dynamics of the process. The third lecture deals with the diseases of adoption : effects of overdosage with DCA (desoxycorticontlerone, the corticoid' of the adrenals) and STH (somatotropic hormone or growth hormone from the anterior pituitary). More diagrams follow. The fourth lecture deals with the circumstances under which the same GAS, gone astray, constitutes different disease. The ' Endocrine Kidney' is explained. Its eole function is the raising of blood pressure. It can be produced at will in experimental animals. The fifth lecture deals with ' Antiphlogistic hormones' which exhibit certain types of inflammation (as opposed to the ' phlogistic hormones' which promote certain types of inflammation). Diagrams and photographs illustrate the themes. ACTH and cortisone ase discussed in detail.