Actions and uses of orally active progestational steroids.

25 November 1961 Eighty-fifth (Special General) Meeting PAGE Cameron, C. B. Oestrogen conjugates in the hepatic venous blood of the calf . . i Short, R. V. Further observations on defective synthesis of ovarian steroids in the SteinLevanthal syndrome ............ ii James, V. H. T. and Peart, W. S. Urinary steroid excretion in idiopathic hirsutism . ii Bush, I. E., Meigs, R. A. and Hunter, Sheila. The effect of alkyl and halogen substi¬ tuents on the oxidation-reduction of 11-oxygen functions of steroids ... ii Braunsberg, Hannelore and James, V. H. T. Some critical observations on simple fluorimetrie methods for plasma cortisol......... iii Knights, B. A. and Thomas, G. H. Application of gas chromatography to the identifica¬ tion of pregnanediols ............ iii Karlson, P. New concepts on the mode of action of hormones ..... iv Highnam, K. C. Variations in neurosecretory activity during oocyte development in Sohistocerca gregaria ............ iv Knowles, F. G. W. The ultrastructure of neurosecretory cells ..... vi Dodd, J. M., Ferguson, K. M., Hunter, R. B. and Dodd, M. H. I. Thyrotrophic hor¬ mone throughout the vertebrates .......... vi Phillips, J. G. and Bellamy, D. Aspects of the hormonal control of nasal gland secretion in birds ............... vi Cole, D. F. The action of an aldosterone antagonist on sodium transport across the ciliary epithelium .............. vii Cunningham, F. J. Induction of ovulation in immature mice as an assay of gonado¬ trophins ............... viii Eayrs, J. T., Glass, A. and Broadhurst, P. L. Thyroid function and central nervous activity ............... viii Montanari, R. and Stockham, M. A. Effect of reserpine on the pituitary-adrenal axis ix Martini, L. and Pecile, A. ACTH-releasing activity of natural and synthetic posterior pituitary peptides ............. xi Chadwick, A. and Folley, S. J. Lactogenesis in pseudopregnant rabbits treated with ACTH.xi