S CHMITT AND MEYERS' SHOWED IN 1957 that the acute pulmonary edema that follows vagal section is associated with a marked decrease in sympathetic inflow to the lung. It has long been known, on the other hand, that certain forms of acute pulmonary edema are associated with a marked increase in the organism's total level of sympathetic activity.2 Pursuing this dichot-omy as a possible taxonomic p...
