Abstract
1. 1. Five mg. of DCA, ∗ ∗ Supplied by Schering Corporation. progesterone, Δ 5 pregnenolone, testosterone, dehydroisoandrosterone acetate, 17-hydroxy-11-dehydro-corticosterone †2 †2 Supplied by Parke, Davis & Company. (dissolved in 2.5 cc. of propylene glycol) and 10 ml. of adrenal cortical extract were injected intravenously into twenty patients, of whom eleven exhibited elevated diastolic pressures and nine did not. 2. 2. Of these substances only DCA acted as a pressor substance and then only in hypertensive subjects. Its pressor effect was prolonged.
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