The experiments presented in this report were designed to determine the rate of disappearance of intravenously administered hydrocortisone in patients with Addison's disease before routine steroid therapy had been initiated, during therapy and after therapy had been withdrawn. Tables I, II, and III. The fluorescent method is relatively specific for hydrocortisone (4) and, in the present study, where high levels of hydrocortisone were in-
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