The hypophysis and secretion of insulin

The action of the hypophysis on the pancreas has been demonstrated by a number of direct and indirect proofs. The latter, first reported from this Institute, are as follows: (a) Complete kypophysectomy or anterior (distal) lobe removal produces: (1) Marked sensitivity to the hypoglycemic and toxic action of insulin and other hypoglycemie agents such as phloridzin, fasting, etc. (2) Reduction of intensity of pancreatic and phloridzin diabetes. (3) A rapid fall in blood sugar and tissue glycogen during fasting; of non-pancreatic origin since it occurs after pancreatectomy. The hypoglycemic symptoms can be relieved by prompt administration of glucose, or prevented by a carbohydrate or protein, but not fat diet.Fil: Houssay, Bernardo Alberto. Universidad de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Foglia, Virgilio G.. Universidad de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Smyth, F. S.. Universidad de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Rietti, Ciro T.. Universidad de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Houssay, Alberto B.. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentinafond

The great ephemeral tattooed skin

The skin is always and already a series of planes which signify race, gender, age and such. Tattooing creates a new surface of potential significance upon the body. Tattooing can call into question concepts of volition in reference to the power to inscribe and define one’s subjectivity through one’s own skin, and the social defining of the subject. Skin is the involution or event between subject and object, will and cultural inscription, the social and the self. Feminism, particularly corporeal feminists, have attempted to think ways in which the female flesh may be recognized and self-defined without risking essentialism through reification of the meaning of ‘woman’s body’. Thinking the tattooed female body thus resonates with some of the risks and benefits feminism has found in theorizing a marginalized body. Using Deleuze, Guattari, Lyotard and other major influences on corporeal feminists this article explores ways in which significance is sought in skin and possible configurations of skin and world which challenge the desire to read the flesh as a legible incarnation of subjectivity