The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
SECRET OF HUMAN LIFE.

The secret of life is in the glands. AZ
least such is the moral of the latest dis
covery regarding certain glands made by
the well known medical authority, Dr..
c. E. de NJ. Sajous, of Philadelphia. It
has been known by scientists for many
years that the glands were the most i'm
portant part Of the body. but the difficult
ty in studying them has perhaps been the
reason that no larger amount of know
ledge regarding their activity has yet
been brought to light.
When we consider that there are from
two to three million sweat glands in the
skin and an infinite number of glands in
the small intestines as well as other parts
/ Of the body it can be easily seen what
task is before the specialist who is de-
voting attention solely to the subject of
| glands and their action.
They have been the mysterious organs
/ of the body whose action could be fol-
/ lowed. but seldom explained, and now DR..
Sajous comes with a most startling theory,
! supported by fourteen years of expert
/ ment, that one of the least studied glands
! is the most important in the body. He
claims that the anterior pituitary gland
| is the controlling agent in health, and his
theory might be compared to that an
cient one of Descartes, that the pineal
gland, the very centre of the brain, was
the seat of the soul.
Every one knows, who knows anything
about il, that the liver is the largest gland
in the human body, and, while we really
understand comparatively little of the
way in which the liver works, we do know
that one of its chief functions is the Sc
erection of bile in the gall bladder. The
wonderful thing about this gland, as we'll
as about all the other glands of the body,
is that it extracts from the blood, by
some peculiar change which is brought
about through the protoplasm of the cells
of the glands substances which we can
not find in the blood itself.
No possible chemical analysis would
show bile in the blood as it enters the
liver. and yet after it has entered and as
the acid chyIne passes the opening of the
bile duct in the duodenum streams of bile
are poured forth from the gall bladder.
This action Of the liver is paralleled
by all the other glands. The pancreas,
for instance. produces what is called gym
ogen, or the ferment former, so called be-
cause it gives rise to one of the chief
engines. or ferments. of the pancreatic
Juice. SO necessary for the work of di-
gestion. These engines are the peculiar
products Of the gland, and because of
their strangs. unorganized character they
constitute the most puzziing substances TO
the chemists
We know that as the blood enters the
gland it contains certain chemical sub
stances. but why, as it passes through the
cells which go TO make up this gland Ger
tain parts of the blood are transformed
into these peculiar liquids which are Sc
erected 10y the special glands. is one Of the
great unsoived problems of human physi-
ology. II is known that there are certain
cells through which the blood passes, but |
It is not simply a process OF filtration by
which the gland extracts from the blood
whatever It seeks. but chemical change |
takes place through the action of the |
protoQl3sn OF the glands themselves.
Dr. SaJous has devoted his time espe- |
ciany during the last fourteen years to a 1
study OF the ductless glands, such as the 4
suDrarenal glands. two little bodies in the /
abdomen just above the kidneys. and es- |
peciaHy Of the anterior pituitary body, |
which he claims if of chief Importance !
in the preservation OF the health of the |
human being. He has announced his dis /
covery 10 the Philadelphia County Med /
icai Society within the last few days. /
where 1T has attracted considerable at /
tcntion and wide discussion.
DR.. Sajous claims that he can demon /
stratc the direct connection Of these little 1
glands with the vital elements Of the en- |
tire system. and. although they are duct I
less and 10 not apparently givo of any /
special secretion, be announces he has i
found and analysed this secretion and 4
that IL Is OK the utmost Importance be 4
caused it Is carried directly 70 the lungs. 4
This substance. SO carefully manufac- (
tured by these little glands. is the all
Important agent for the absorption OF
the oxygen introduced through the
breathing apparatus. in conjunction with
which 1t forms a new substance. which
TT. Sa5ous calls ~andreuoxia" This
aodreaoxin becomes mixed with the fluid
part Of the blood and flows through an
the blood channels Of the body. even 10
the smallest blood vessel When il
reaches the tissues the oxygen j. then
absorbed from from this mysterious sub
stance. as has been hitherto supposed.
IL Is too early as yet e announce def
nitely the acceptance OF this theory BY
the medical fraternity. but he VIII m
doubleday set them 70 thinking along
new lines.
ALLEGES SuBTERFU6E.
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on an Grand for her mother i she could
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