Excerpt from American Journal of Pharmacy, Vol. 73: November, 1901 I have no doubt that a good many of you present have read an account of adrenalin, and some of you no doubt have used it. Inasmuch as, however, this is the first time the active principle of the suprarenal glands was isolated in a commercial scale, and such might lead to the isolation of the active principle of other interest ing glands, I venture to submit before you a brief sketch as far as investigation has gone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.