The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-22
SLEEPS GLANDS FOR DWARFs
Surprising Result of a Thyrotd NJ
in Case of Suspended Crown

Surprising Result of "A Thyrotd NJ.
in Case of Suspended Crown
From the Kansas City Times
A wonderful transformation has Co.,
over the physical appearance Of Jesse ~
Week in less than one months tips =,
is almost another boy. Jesse Van VI,
is the 13-year-old child of Mr.. and Nv -
II. Van Week, whose home Is al 7oS r.. y.
Eighteenth street In appearance "a 80
looking, better developed or a moro -.
Using child was never born than L. ' oil-
Week. At his birth he tipped the s,,1 au
It twelve pounds. For two years he -
much the same as any other healtbv ~
bust infant Then. with no apparent rss-
son, he stopped growing; his mind did 20.
develop or decrease. 1'
Physicians puzzled over his case. Tho.
was no solution, seemingly, for mann,
erratic course. On May 10. 1895. Iesse r.,s
thirty-four inches tall, weighed tbirt,-s,,-
en- and One-half pounds, measured -.
and three-fourths inches from the -
OF the left TO the lobe of the right ear va
fourteen inches around the neck tyent,
seven inches around the shoulders ana
his stomach measure was twentv-er-
inches. His head was well deyeloned a,s
measured twenty-four inches about tba
hips.
On May IS Mr.. Van Week as an evnsri
ment, began feeding Jesse on the tbyroi5
glands of a sheep. A thyroid gland weighs
sixteen ounces. Last Thursday Mr. Nan
Week measured Jesse and discovered thar
a wonderful change had occurred in tbe
child's physical being. He had increased
one and one-half inches in hight and bis
stomach measurement was three and one.
half inches less than II had been before
the treatment was begun. His neck meas.
urement had decreased from fourteen
inches to ten and one-half inches. The
measurement about his head had de-
creased one-fourth of an inch He weighed
thirty-three pounds, a decrease in flesh
of four and one-half pounds Mr.. Van
Week was delighted. 1t seemed TO him
that there had been a reversal of nature
and that the thyroid gland treatment
was moving Jesse backward to the point
where nature. in a moment of caprice
had suspended active operation for the
purpose of starting anew in building IN a
strong, healthy body
Jessie has changed a great deal Before
the thyroid gland treatment was begun
Jesse ate aad slept and passed his hours
in ding-dong sort of way not at all in
conformity with healthful restless. alert
childhood. Now he is inclined to roll on
the floor and kick his heels in the air. and
aches and pains from a days sport Mr.
Van Weeks dairy shows that on May q
he gave Jesse one-fourth of a thyrot
gland. four ounces. There was no immed-
late effect. but the following day he had
a severe headache and some fever, fol-
lowed by fits of nausea. Two days later
Jesse was given four more ounces Of the
gland. He began complaining Of head
pains. His appetite deserted him, but
only for a day. AS soon as the effects Of
the gland wore away he was as bright
and clipper 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 his feet. He lay down the most of the
day. For supper that day he ate the heart
lest meal of his life. He slept soundly
although he rolled and tumbled some. On
the 30th he was so weak in his legs that
he staggered as he walked and it was de-
cided to discontinue the treatment for
a while.
Lately Jesse has been picking up in
strength, with no appearance of return
of the extraordinary proportions of his
anatomy. Next Tuesday Mr.. Van Week
will begin giving Jesse the glands, but in
decreased doses. He will give him doses
of two ounces to start with, and, If there
is any indication of returning symptoms
he will cut them down to one ounce doses