AN ADRENAL CORTEX EXTRACT: ITS DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL USE*

Abstract

The changes[long dash]clinical, blood cell, blood chemical and pathologic[long dash]occurring in adrenalectomized animals are due to the absence of the cortex. The extract described produced a reversal of the effects caused by adrenalectomy. Injected into babies suffering from severe intestinal intoxication, it had favorable effects.