Abstract
The epinephrine content of the suprarenal glands in rabbits was measured by means of the Suto-Kojima method when poisoned with ammonium chloride or magnesium sulphate. The subcutaneous dose was respectively 2.14 grin. NH4Cl and 2.46 grm. NgSO4+7H2O per kilo of body weight.
All the rabbits died by this dose of ammonium chloride and some died by that of magnesium sulphate, but some was able to recover. Of the latter some were killed in the full intoxication period and some after recovery.
The present writer failed to see any alteration in the epinephrine load in these rabbits poisoned in various periods of poisoning, above related. The unilateral sectioning of the splanchnic nerves yielded no noticeable modification in respect to the epinephrine load under the salt poisoning.
