On the question of the effect of diphtheria toxin on the secretory function of the adrenal glands

Despite the fact that the question of the influence of diphtheria toxin on the secretory function of the adrenal glands has been studied already for a few years, still the question “that cannot be considered completely resolved, at which the least developed, undoubtedly seems to be a question adrenaline function of the adrenal glands, that is, on the function of predominantly pulp substance, which, according to the now most widespread view, is the place of adrenaline formation. As for the cortical substance, thanks to the pathological and histological studies of Bogomolets, Molchanov, Sinibaldi and others, at the present time it can be considered established that diphtheria intoxication at the most in the initial stages of it undoubtedly enhances the fatty tissue of fatty tissue and a fat-like substance, and only with a more severe or long-lasting intoxication in the adrenal glands, the phenomena of degeneration and oppression of the vital activity of cortical cells develop.