Adrenal cortical function in patients with senile Gauds morhua L., in Ogac lake, baffine Island, N.W.T.

Among the various biological systems regulating the living organism, the endocrine glands have been called upon, more often than others, to provide explanations for various aspects of behavior. The concept that behavior could be influenced by substances endogenous to various tissues and organs, reaches back to primitive times. Long before the beginning of the scientific era, primitive people attempted to give themselves more courage or whatever qualities they felt desirable, or even to cure specific illnesses, by consuming the appropriate parts of the beasts they killed. The "medicine man" bad a whole armamentarium of extracts or powders of various organs which were used to cure the failings of the analogous parts in his patients. Description of the use of dried or powdered testes to restore vigor and sexual potency can be found in early writings. [...