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Recherches expérimentales sur la physiologie et la pathologie des capsules surrénales.

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C. R. Acad. Sci. (Paris), 43, 422-25; 542-46. 1856 CE.

Brown-Séquard found that excision of both adrenals in animals invariably proved fatal, thus determining their indispensability. He also believed that they had an antitoxic influence upon the blood. His experimental work was of great importance in the development of our knowledge of the internal secretions.

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