Souvenir B.M.A. meeting Manchester 1929.

  • Burroughs Wellcome and Company.
Date:
[1929]
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Credit: Souvenir B.M.A. meeting Manchester 1929. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUPRARENAL GLAND Position of Suprarenal Gland indicated in red The medulla of the suprarenal gland contains adrenalin. This substance has a powerful stimulating effect on all the nerve-endings of the sympathetic system, i.e., the heart is accelerated and the arterioles are con- stricted, thus producing a large increase in the blood- Dressure, The intestinal movements are inhibited and, in most animals, the uterus is contracted. The bronchioles are dilated. The drug is used clinically in conditions of vasomotor collapse, e.g., after surgical operations or serum shock. It is injected intramuscularly or intravenously ; by the mouth, it produces little effect in the circulation. It is also used to produce local vaso-constriction during surgical operations on the nose, etc. In asthma, it relieves the bronchiole constriction. Preparations 'Wellcome' brand Solution of Adrenalin, B.P., (TrcLieMark) l m J 000 [^^s^^ B. W. & Co.] Amber-coloured stoppered bottles of 10 c.c. and 25 c.c. For other preparations of Adrenalin, see Wellcome's IVIedical Diary ' Tabloid ' brand Suprarenal Gland, gr. 5 [0-324 gm.] ; (Trade Mark) and 0-3 gramme [.^ii B. W. & Co.] ' Tabloid ' Suprarenal Gland presents the complete activity of the fresh gland substance containing 0-1 per cent, adrenalin.