The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-07-09
s--------- TREATMENT FOR 4 DWARF.
Increase in Weight and Height From .
 Diet of Sheep's Glands.
TFrom the Kansas City Times.l

From the Kansas City Times.l
 A wonderful transformation has come over the physical appearance of Jesse Van Vleck in less than one months time. He Is almost another boy. Jesse Van Vleck is the thirteen-year-old child of Mir and Mrs, c. H. Van Vleck, whose home is at 17oS East Eighteenth street. In appearance a finer-looking. a better developed or a more promising chile was never born than Jesse Van Vleck. At his birth he tipped the scales at twelve pounds. Tor two years be grew much the same as any other healthy, robust infant. Then, with no apparent reason, he stopped growing; his mind did not develop or decrease. Physicians puzzled over his case. There was no solution, seeming ly. for natures cratic course. On May 19s 1895, Jesse was 34 inches tall, weigh ed S71s pounds, measuered S% inches from the lobe of the left to the lobe of the right ear was IA inches round the neck, 27 inches round the shoulders, and his stomach measure was 25 inches. His head was well developed and meas- ured 21A inches. He measured M inch es about the hips.
 On May IS MT. Van, Week, as an ex- pertinent, began feeding Jesse on the thyroid glands of sheep. A thyroid gland weighs, sixteen ounces. Last Thursday MT. Van Week and discover ed that a wonderful change had oc- cured in the child's physical being. He had Increased one and one-half inches In height and, his stomach measurement was three and one-half inches less than 1t had been before the treatment was begun. His neck measurement had de- creased from fourteen inches to ten and oneJhalf inches. The measurement about his head had decreased one-fourth of an Inch. He weighed thirty-three pounds, q decrease in flesh of about four, and ons-half pounds MT Van Week was delighted. It seemed to him that there had been reversal of nature and that the thyroid gland treat ment was moving Jesse backward to the point where nature, in moment of ca price, had suspended active operation for the purpose of starting anew in building up strong, healthy body.
 Jesse has changed great deal. Be- fore the thyroid gland treatment was begun Jesse ate and slept and passed his hours in a ding-dong sort of way, not at all in conformity with healthfui, restless, alert childhood. Now he is inclined to roll on the floor and kick his heels in the air, and at night he is as restless as a boy full of aches and pains from a days sport MT. Van Weeks diary shows that on May 22 he gave Jesse one-fourth of a thyroid gland four onces There was no imme- diate effect, but the following day he had severe headache and some fever, followed by its of nausea. Two days later Jesse was given four ounces more of the gland He began complaining of head pains. His appetite deserted him, but only for day. As soon as the effects of the gland wore away he was as bright and chipper as ever On May 2S he was given four ounces more of the gland The(following day he complained of pains in the back of the neck and on the bottom of the feet. He lay down the most of the day For supper that day ne ate the neartlest meal of his life. He slept soundly all though he rolled and tumbled some. On the 90th lie was so weak i'm his legs that he staggered as he walked, and it was decided to discontinue the treat ment for a while. Lately Jesse has been picking up in strength, with no appearance of return of the extraor- dinary proportions of his anatomy. Next Tuesday MT. Van Week will be- gin giving Jesse the glands, but in de- creased doses. He. will give him doses of two ounces to start with, and if there S any indication of returning symp- toms he will cut them down to one ounce doses.