Excerpt from The Canadian Journal of Medicine and Surgery, 1909, Vol. 25 Her weight had risen from less than 100 pounds to 140. About one and a half years ago she began to lose strength, and pigmenta tion developed very rapidly and became very dark, almost black; There was much vomiting and diarrhoea, and the weight fell rapidly to a very low point. Suprarenal extract raised it moderately, but more than 7 or 8 tablets always causes vomiting. Lshe is taking 4 daily, and has improved so as to be able to drive out; the pigmenta tion has greatly lessened, and weight raises to 100 pounds. In a man at present under his care in the General Hospital, the symptoms are all characteristic. His blood pressure is about 100, and rises only to 112 by adrenalin chlorid solution (1 in 1000) in 15. The failure or variation of adrenalin treatment may probably be explained by the associated conditions, especially tuberculosis of the organs and the disease of the nervous system. In thyroid gland disease is not so complicated, and therefore treatment by thyroid feeding gives more satisfactory results in cretinism, myxoedema, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.