The adrenals had been removed so that cats could be used in
a different test.   The food test had nothing to do with the
original goal,    search for Ira Pilgrim and you should be
able to read the whole review.

Lorenzo


, being overworked, he did not bother
> >to cook their meat, but just fed it raw as it came from
the
> >slaughterhouse. Amazingly this batch of cats, even
without
> >adrenals, thrived and were very healthy.
>
> How could they thrived without adrenals ? i have been told
that without
> cortisone more than few hours in the blood stream humans
are dead . could it
> be different for cats ,did they still had some adrenal
function or   did
> they had access to cortisone in their foods ( adrenal
glands from slaughter
> house)   ?
>
> very important for me who doesnt have functionning adrenal
cortex .
>
> thanks
> jean-claude