“…There have been contradictory reports about the action of sympathomimetic drugs on the smooth muscle at the junction of the bile duct and the duodenum (Oddi's sphincter). According to some authors these drugs induce a relaxation (Winkelstein & Aschner, 1924;Burget, 1925;Iwanga, 1925;Lueth, 1931 ;*Shi, 1933;Bergh, 1942;Lorenzini & Elzenbaum, 1952;Ishioka, 1959;Pasechnik, 1959;Stalport, Nicolas, Demelenne & Horeczki, 1959;Stille & Hilfiker, 1962), but others have reported differently (Reach, 1920;McWhorther, 1921 ;Lueth, 1931;Doubilet & Colp, 1937;Poilleux, Goidin & Nicolaidis, 1952;Erdmann & Henne, 1953;Taccani & Zaffagnini, 1953a, b;Fogliati, Ciocatto, Cattaneo & Giudice, 1954;Granser, Hertting, Rissel & Wewalka, 1956;Menguy, Hallenbeck, Bollman & Grindlay, 1958;Pasechnik, 1959).…”