The Function of the Adrenal Glands in the Newborn

Abstract

It is well known that the adrenal cortex of the newborn infant differs anatomically from that of the adult and that morphological changes take place in the gland during the Randolph (1949) using the phlox ne propylene glycol stain. An attempt was made to carry out the second part of the test by estimating the uric acid/creatinine ratio in the urine before and after the injection of