The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-03-05
copyright, 1914. by A. S. Grayl
DUCTLESS GLANDS.

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metaholism In the body. Second
these same secretions build up an
maintain the body's resistance to dis
ease by cleansing the blood OF tn
inherent poisons which it accumu
lates In its current from time to time
IL ~ believed that the internal glant
secret1ons whet the appetite OF tn,
white blood corpuscles, or leucocytes
the Dodys germ destroyer as a steI
IN this protective plan.
The biochemic salts involved In tn,
breaking down (katabolc) and tn,
building up (anabolic) processes o
the body; the 16. 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
OF these elements or minerals. There
being no ducts leading into these
glands, 1t 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-
zeal food supply.
The 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, a point just behind where the
average man wears his collar button
The gland comprises two sections, or
iobes. one lying on either side of
the windpipe (larynx), connected by
a neck, or isthmus, the whole forming
fiat oval body about three inches
long.
Because the general shape suggests
long, oval, shield, the name thy
ro1d' was taken from the Greek Ian
guage-it means, literally, shieldlike.
The thyroid gland is reddish. brown
In color and has a vascular structure
that is to say, the interior is honey.
combed with minute sacs ike the in.
terror of an orange, each tiny bladder
If which under normal conditions Is
hlled with yellow gluelike compound
knnun n III .,,k.
'using not at ell or very slowly,
through animal membranes Access
sorry thyroids. varying in size and nm
Der. may be found along the lower
windpipe (trachea) from the larynx
as far down as the heart These ac-
cessories possess the same vascular
structure and are supposed to have
4 function similar to that of the thy
roid body
There are several highly significant
'acts In connection with the general
structure and composition OF the thy
roid body that 1t Is advisable to keep
in mind while considering
his subject. Throughout the whole
range of animal and vegetable life the
,atalytic engines, or. ferments, are
busy. They are vitality
md fundamentally concerned with life
n all its phases, so much so that phys
ology is rapidly resolving itself into
! branch OF catalysis
No other gland, large or small, re-
,eives proportionally so great and di.
'ect supply of blood as the thyroid.
All these facts considered together
ire sufficient to warrant us In accept
ng the thyroid as a most important
organ and should also prepare us to
expect very grave physical results
rom any disturbance of its functions.
Snugly tucked away behind the thy
old, two Of them on either side OF
he larynx and often actually imbed.
led in the tissue of that gland. are
our small bodies known as the par
The adrenal glands take their name |
rom the kidney; lad" meaning add |
ion, or proximity to, and renal" be- |
rg another name for kidney These |
wo additional kidney glands are fat.
ina bean shaped bodies. each about
me and one-half inches long, and they !
lie in intimate relation with and at the |
OPP of each kidney. 1t is believed |
10Th the inner (medullary) and the |
utter tcortican parts of the adrenal
Glands make contributions to the |
Hood stream. The absence of this |
nedullary secretion produces a fall
q blood pressure which Is fatal
Suspended by short stalk from the
lnder surface of the brain hangs an.
'ther of these pealike bodies, or baby
lands. The early students of physi. /
'logy believed this gland prepared
hlegm or mucus for the moistening
t the membrane Of the nose, and they
therefore, called II the pituitary
which means the phlegm former. The
ituitary body thypophysis) consists
( two parts. large anterior lobe
Il distinct glandular tissue and
much smaller pOaterior lobe of merry.