Alcohol given orally or intravenously to patients reduced the pressure in glaucomatons eyes. The duration of pressure reduction was prolonged several hours by continuing administration. Vasopressin (antidiuretic hormone) 0.5 unit injected subcutaneously in patients with normal or abnormal posterior pituitary function did not influence the pressure of either normal or glaucomatous eyes, but it d...

A generally acceptable explanation of the mechanism responsible for the formation of ascites and peripheral edema in the patient with hepatic cirrhosis has yet to be formulated. Reduction in serum oncotic pressure, portal hypertension, and distortion of sodium metabolism have each had their champions and their detractors. A prominent current controversy concerns the role of antidiuretic hormone...

A patient with disseminated herpes zoster developed a syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone and profound hyponatremia secondary to the administration of adenine arabinoside.

In the present study, the effect of selective glucocorticoid deficiency on renal water excretion was investigated in conscious, trained, adrenalectomized dogs. The animals were studied before and after a water load while on replacement therapy of desoxycorticosterone acetate, 5 mg/day, and dexamethasone, 0.8 mg/day (group I), and while off dexamethasone for 5-9 days (group II). Before the water...