The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05
Copyright, 1914. by A. S. Gray)
DUCTLESS GLANDS,


u any single ductless gland may In
large measure be said of them a
lhelr functions are mainly two Fir!
py reason Of either individual or c
operative secretions they govern Il
meta0ollsm in the body. Secon
'hese same secretiOns build up ar
MAINTAIN the body's resistance to di
ease by cleansing the blood of tn
inherent poisons which it account
ia'es IN Its current from time to time
IL is believed that the internal CLAN
6ecretlons whet the appetite of tn
white blood corpusces or leucocytes
the bodys germ destroyer. as ste
IN this protective plan.
The biochemic salts involved in tn,
breaking down (katabolic) and TIT
building up (anabolic} processes Of
the body; the l6, and perhaps more
mineral elments existing in organic
or living form in the universe and re.
CURED to maintain the metabolism of
all the cells Of the human body, are
governed, regulated and controlled by
the ductless glands. This, of couse,
is reciprocal reaction, because
obviously there must be something to
govern if the glands are to function,
and 1t is equally obvious that the
glands cannot function in the absence
or these elements or minerals. There
oelng no ducts leading into these
glands, it is very clear that nothing
can get either into or out Of them
except by means of the blood stream.
Hence, the profound physical and men.
tai disturbance following any disar-
rangement in the natural or physiolog-
lcal food supply.
Inc largest of the ductless glands is
the thyroid, situated in the fore part
OF the neck, midway between the
Adams apple" Thyroid cartilage)
and the top of the breastbone (stern-
UNI, point just behind where the
average man wears his collar button.
Inc gland comprises two sections, or
lobes, one lying on either side of
the Windpipe (larynx), connected by
neck, or isthmus the whole forming
a fiat. oval body about three inches
Eng.
Because the general shape suggests
a long, oval, shield, the name thy.
roid" was taken from the Greek Ian.
guage-it means, literally, shieldlike
The thyroid gland is reddish brown
IN color and has vascular structure
that is to say, the interior is honey.
combed with minute sacs Ike the in.
terror OF an orange, each tiny bladder
OF which under normal conditions Is
nlled with yellow gluelike compound
known as "colloid," substance diff.
fuslng not at all. or very slowly.
through animal membranes. Access.
sorry thyroids, varying in size and MN.
Der may be found along the lower
wlndpipe (trachea) from the larynx
as Tar down as the heart. These &C.
cessorles possess the same vascular
structure and are supposed to have
junction similar to that of the thy.
roid body.
There are several highly significant
facts in connection with the general
structure and composition of the thy.
roid body that it is advisable to keen
constantly In mind while CONSIDERING
this subject. Throughout the whole
range of animal and vegetable life the
catalytlc engines, or ferments are ,
constantly busy. They are yitallv
and fundamentally concerned with liss
IN all its phases, so much so that pbvs. ..
loiogy is rapidly resolving itself into .
a branch of catalysis.
No other gland, large or small, 70
ceiVes proportionally so great and d. y
lect supply of blood as the thyroid -
All these facts considered together "
are sufficient to warrant US in accon.
Ing the thyroid as a most imnorton, !,
organ and should also prepare Us to u
expect very grave physical results :,
rom any disturbance of its functionS II
Snugly tucked away behind tbo thn -
roid, two of them on either side ~ {,
tne iafynx and often actually imbed. -
ded In the tissue of that gland ara
four small bodies known as tho no.. VI
par If
Inc adrenal glands take their namo ~,
from the kidney; lad" meaning add y.
ton, or proximity to. and renal" ~" al
Ing another name for kidney These p
Two additional kidney glands are fat ~ ~
lima bean shaped bodies each aho", ' II.
one and onehalf inches long and thon u,
lie in intimate relation with and q, ~. WI
op of each kidney. 1t is believed 81
10th the inner (medullary) and tho ID ID
utter (corticaD parts of the adrono. ~
lands make contributions to tho 49,,
hood stream. The absence of this W. W.
nedullary secretion produces a ia. s sls
blood pressure which Is fatal ~ ~,
Suspended by short stalk from tho tn
naer surface Of the brain hangs an. re-,
ther OF these pealike bodies, or bahv mt
lands. The early students Of nbvs; in,
losy believed this gland prepared or ,
niegm or mucus for the moistening %,
the membrane of the nose, and thew lin
lerefore called it the pituitary air
hich means the phlegm former The I'm,
tuitary body thypophysis) consists tho
TWO parts, large anterio, lob.