“…This latter group also displayed evidences of marked vasomotor disturbances along with other signs of a disorder of the sympathetic nervous system. The reports by some investigators (2,3), that epinephrin when injected into an animal may elevate the fatty acids and cholesterol of the blood suggest that this hormone may have been an important factor in producing the lipemias which have been found in association with the disturbances of the vasomotor system in the two groups of patients.…”