New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-11

Fortunately, as if to make amends for thus misusng
few unfortunate humans, Nature furnIshcs man with
the most powerful astringcnt known and from the
very ORGANS that She occasionally assaults and battes
Aircnalin the active principle Of the adrenal glands IS
almost magical in the promptncss and efficiency with
which it checks hemorhage; this because 1t constructs
the walls of the smaller blood vessels squeczcs them
shut So powerful its action that one part OF adrena-
lin dissolved in ten thousand parts OF water and in
stilci into the eve will blanch the mucous membrane
Of the cycit in thirty seconds, permitting an abso-
lu,cly boobies operation TO be made. Any who have
had il used when undergoing nose and throat work
will appreciate its value to the surgeon
If it were true, Professor Munstcrbcrg claims
(Which il is notl that an occasional Gag by afIordng
needed relaxation, is beneficial to one Nature would
seem lcgitimatcy TO be entitled TO occasional lapse
from virtue. In consideration Of the immense benefits
Of adrcnM substance and Its derivatives, She may be
forgiven an inrequent indulgence in Aidisons disease
XIE now come to q group Of organs to whom We can
w tslk in their own language; for we have them
trained % % point where they can hardly say BOO.
before We are after them with corrective measures.
While they will occasionally kick over the traces, we
can usually jog them into behaving with a reasonable
degree Of deccncy.
The thyrods and parathyroids are little bodies that
lie deep in the throat hugging each side OF the wlndppe
The litter are hardly larger than grain of sand 1t
almost seems as though Nature stood on her head while
making glands; for the pin-hcaded parathyroids are
infinitely more indispensable than the big cght-ounce
spleen.
Disease or atrophy of these thyoids and parathyroid
Glands is attended with the most singular and unusual
results. weighty mantle Of fat may envcop and
smother the former bean pole, or that pitliul form OF
conecnita idocy, crctinsm, may arise from some de-
fcicncv Of the glands Unsighty golfers also develop
in part because Of their shortcomings. And even some
forms of insanity follow their removal.
But we can melt off the excessive ta greatly improve
the mentality and physical wcl-being OF the cretns,
smooth down the golfers, ami cure certain forms OF IN
sanity bv iudcious and careful administration OF thy
oij extract We have proved that the patient can and
does minister to himscf-with a little OF the sub
stance Of the very gland that is causing his trouble
AND now animal experimentation has indicated
n still more complex and peculiar Office for this little
SET Of governor balls for the removal OF the parathy-
o4s in animals has been followed by serious nervous
disturbances. including muscular twitchings and con-
wilson's Perhaps. from a closer study and more
commemorative knowledge Of the workings OF these tiny
bodies NAV come q means Of curing that mysterious
disorder. epilepsy Almost any day some Conscientious
investigator working patiently in laboratory and dis
s;nq room. NAV put the point Of his sclpel upon the
cause Of this ironically termed "g,and mar lemlepsyl
and we shall have q new weapon with which to DANISH
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