[Six papers on the posterior pituitary hormone and the parasympathetic nervous system] / by Harvey Cushing.

  • Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939.
Date:
[1931?]
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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1931?]

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pages[163]-180, 239-265 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : color illustrations ; 26 cm.

Related material

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Vol. 17, no. 4 (1931)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Vol. 17, no. 5 (1931)

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"Reprinted from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol.17, nos. 4 and 5, p. 163-180 and 239-264, April and May, 1931"
"These six papers provided the basis of the William Henry Welch lecture, The posterior pituitary hormone and the parasympathetic nervous system. Delivered at the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, April 30, 1931"
Copy 1 Note: From the papers of Sir Thomas Lewis. Dedication to Sir Thomas from the author on front cover

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Contents

I: The reaction to posterior pituitary extract (pituitrin) when introduced into the cerebral ventricles.-- II: The similarity in the responses to posterior lobe extract (pituitrin) and to pilocarpine when injected into the cerebral ventricles.-- III: The action of atropine in countering the effects of intraventricular pituitrin and of pilocarpine.-- IV: The method of action of intraventricular pituitrin.-- V: The counteractive effect of tribromethanol (avertin) on the stimulatory response to pituitrin injected in the ventricle.-- VI: Concerning a possible "parasympathetic centre" in the diencephalon.

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