--DR. JORDAN: Glo a3 a | Laranmeitve Babe sooate st ' ° InFight ry ra Ss _ ¢ 7 : Against Ills — A lengthy list of questions ‘|about ACTH and cortisone has ‘|been submitted by a reader. I ‘| shall attempt to answer the more|k important ones. | | ‘| Both of these preparations are '|now quite well known and have ‘| uses both in the study of diseases ‘and in treatment. Both of them | ir ‘;} were originally obtained. from glands of internal secretion. The tiny gland known as the pituitary lies on the underside of the brain at the base of the skull. | This gland secretes several im- ‘portant hormones which are necessary for the development and function of various organs and which act, not only on the body as a whole, but also glands of internal |. on other secretion, CLOSE TO KIDNEYS of the hormones from a pituitary body of the important internal gland called the adrenal. There are two glands, which | This are also lie close to the ean pituitary hormone vates or. stimulates a portion acti- of the adrenal glands and is. called adrenocorticotrophic hormone, or ACTH for short. Lacking the stimulating action of this pituitary portant hormones hormone, im(perhaps cor- _|tisone in particular) of the adre|nal glands are not | sufficient amounts, - produced in This is complicated of course. However, the last few years have made this subject of practical im- portance many in the treatment diseases. of : Several different, diseases are being treated with success, both with the adrenal secretion which is called cortisone, or by. the stimulating pituitary secretion, ACTH. And et ete ete adrenal ‘small and which two kidneys. SS (or gland) acts on there are related preparations which are also used. ee another which is portion ee ee One secreted