THE PITUITARY BODY AND THE THERAPEUTIC VALUE OF THE INFUNDIBULAR EXTRACT IN SHOCK, UTERINE ATONY, AND INTESTINAL PARESIS

Abstract

Two years ago I had the honour of reading a paper' before -the Liverpool Medical Institution on the calcium metabolism, with special reference to the ductless glands and the female genital organs; and I then indicated some of the lines on x which our work was being carried i out, and hinted at the results already ( obtained in regard to the pituitary body. An account of the experi- ments carried out by Dr. Hick and myself up to the end of July, 1908, was published in the BRITISH MEDI.