Word: rind
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...Connaught Laboratory on the nature of Dr. Banting's new secret (TIME, Oct. 22). The experiments are said to deal with the suprarenal glands. These " endocrines " affect the general vitality of the body, emotions of combat and effort, blood pressure, pigmentation, sex development. They have a " cortex " or rind, the active principle of which has not yet been isolated, and a " medulla " or core, source of adrenalin (TIME, April 4). Failure or insufficiency of suprarenal action causes various disorders, depression, neurasthenia, discolored skin and the so-called Addison's disease. The exact objective of Dr. Banting...