Following the diphtheria in the army (which must have damaged his adrenals), the attacks grew much worse, and complaints about them more bitter because the pituitary now, in addition to its own burden, had to compensate for the insufficient adrenals.

He was a poor animal, the poorest of animals, because he possessed poor adrenals.

Concepts like Fate, Predestination, an all-guiding and all-wise Providence, relieved and shielded the adrenals, and acted as valuable adjuvants for the preservation of normality.

A trend to violence and a resentful emotionalism are combined with desperate attempts to spur the jaded adrenals with artificial excitements.

Shock tries the pituitary, as well as the adrenals.

The thyroid, maybe, was first excited, and then in turn the adrenals, with a boomerang reinforcing effect upon the thyroid, and at the same time a stimulating effect upon the pituitary.