Abstract
INJECTIONS of an extract of the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland produce notable changes in the blood of rabbits, leading to anaemia, according to Prof. E. C. Dodds and Mr. R. L. Noble. The red blood cells show abnormal inequality in size (aniso-cytosis), some being very large (macrocytes), others of irregular shape (poikilocytes) or having a network pattern (reticulocytes). The spleen shows wedge-shaped areas (infarcts) due to haemorrhage. From these changes the authors infer that the control of blood destruction may reside in the posterior lobe of the pituitary.
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Points from Foregoing Letters. Nature 135, 794 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135794a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/135794a0