Abstract
Cannon 1 showed that the liberation of adrenalin into the blood stream is increased by nocuous stimulation. Since injections of adrenalin 2 and emotional excitement, i. e., fear and rage 3 produce lipemia, it was logical to determine whether nocuous stimulation applied to the pads of the feet of cats would have the same effect.
Blood was drawn from the jugular vein of cats before and after a period of electrical stimulation of short duration (less than 2 minutes), and the samples were analyzed for fat and glucose. The results presented in Table I indicate that nocuous stimuli produce a reflex lipemia.
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