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Those glands, situated one above each kidney, secrete two hormones�adrenalin in the cores, cortin in the hulls.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Harold Lawrence Mason and his associates at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota are trying to isolate, determine the chemical structure of, and eventually synthesize the potent hormone cortin, secreted by the suprarenal glands.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cost of cortin is approximately $4 a day for the largest dose now being given any patient.

From Time Magazine Archive

The effects of cortin, a scarcer substance, are less well known.

From Time Magazine Archive

The physiological effect of DDD is probably unique among insecticides, for it destroys part of the adrenal gland — the cells of the outer layer known as the adrenal cortex, which secretes the hormone cortin.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson