The pineal body : a review / by Leonard J. Kidd.

  • Kidd, Leonard J.
Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
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Credit: The pineal body : a review / by Leonard J. Kidd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Med K33318 Reprinted from Review of Neurology and Psychiatry, January and February 1913. THE PINEAL BODY: A REVIEW. By LEONARD J. KIDD, M.D. Introduction; 1. Ancient Views of the Pineal Body ; 2. Comparative Anatomy and Development ; 3. Comparative Histology; 4. Clinico- Pathological ; 5. Experimental; 6. General Discussion; 7. Con- clusions ; 8. References. INTRODUCTION. THERE appears to be no really satisfactory review in the English language dealing with all aspects of the pineal body. Histological, experimental, and clinico-pathological evidence has been accumulating during the past few years—and even months— which suggests that the question is no longer, “ Has the mammalian pineal body any functions?” but rather, “What are its functions, and how does it functionate ?” In this review my object is to so present the subject that we may learn by it the extent and the limitations of our present knowledge of pineal physiology, and may also learn in what directions this may be increased. In the clinico-pathological section I am not at all concerned with the purely intracranial signs and symptoms of pineal tumours, but only with the metabolic symptoms shown by about 10 per cent. of the recorded 65 cases. 1. ANCIENT VIEWS OF THE PINEAL Bopy. The mammalian epiphysis was known at any rate in pre- Galenic ages; and Studnicka® mentions that Faivre? (1857)