“…Some workers found it to have a purely vasoconstrictor effect (Goldenberg, Pines, Baldwin, Greene & Roh, 1948, man;Swan, 1949, man;de Largy, Greenfield, McCorry & Whelan, 1950, man;Burn & Hutcheon, 1949, cat). Others observed that it had a purely vasodilator action (Meier, Gross & Eichenberger, 1949, cat;McDowall, 1950, cat;Imig, Randall & Hines, 1952, small doses (0-2-0-4jug/kg/min), unanaesthetized dog). A transient dilatation followed by constriction has been observed by Wakim & Essex (1952, dog), and Imig et al (1952, 2p,g/kg body weight, unanaesthetized dog).…”