THE EFFECT OF ADRENAL MEDULLECTOMY ON THE HEREDITARY DIABETES OF A STRAIN OF RATS

Abstract

The removal of the adrenal medullas from rats showing an hereditary "diabetes" results in a normal tolerance to injected glucose. The adm. of epinephrine with glucose produces a diabetic type of tolerance curve in the demedullated animals. Hence there may be a relationship between the adrenal medulla and the diabetic tendency observed in the Yale strain of rats.