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Animals upon whom double adrenalectomy has been performed show a striking fall in temperature, muscular weakness, after adrenalectomy the animal may not be able to stand even, and progressive chromatolysis. The Liver. When the function of the liver is impaired by tumors, cirrhosis, or degeneration of the liver itself, then the entire energy of the body is correspondingly diminished.
The injection of adrenalin causes striking brain-cell changes: first, a hyperchromatism, then a chromatolysis.
The significance of this affinity of the brain for adrenalin begins to be seen when I call attention to the following striking facts: 1. Adrenalin alone causes hyperchromatism followed by chromatolysis, and in overdosage causes the destruction of some brain-cells.
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