Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-02-11
(copyrisht. 1914. by A. S. Gray)
DUcTLEsS GLANDS.

ease by cleansing the blood OF the
different poisons which 1t accumu'
lates in its current from time to time.
1t is believed that the internal gland
secretions whet the appetite OF the
white blood corpuscles, or leucocytes'
the body's germ destroyer. as a step
in this protective plan.
The biochemic salts involved In the
breaking down (katabolic) and the
building up (anabolic) processes Of
the body; the 16. and perhaps more
mineral elments existing in organic
or living form in the universe and re-
quired 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 a reciprocal reaction, because
obviously there must be something to
govern II the glands are to function
and it 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'
ical 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. OF
lobes, one lying on either side oil
the windpipe tlarynx). connected BY
a neck, or isthmus, the whole forming
q fiat, oval body about three inches
long.
Because the general shape suggests
long, oval, shield. the name thy
roid" was taken from the Greek Ian
guage-it means. literally, shieldlike
The thyroid gland is reddish-browr
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 IL
filled with q yellow gluelike compound
known as "colloid." substance diff
fusing not at all. or very slowly
through animal membranes. Access
sorry thyroids, varying in size and nm
Der. may be found along the lower
windpipe ttrachea) from the larynl
as fa:' down as the heart. These &c
cessories possess the same vesiculaI
structure and are supposed to have
a function similar to that of the thy
roid body.
There are several highly significant
facts In connection with the genera
structure and composition Of the thy
roid body that 1t is advisable TO keeI
constantly in mind while considering
this subject Throughout the whole
range OF animal and vegetable life the
catalytic engines. or ferments, are
constantly busy. They are vitalll
and fundamentally concerned with lifC
in all its phases. so much so that phys
iology is rapidly resolving itself into
q branch Of catalysis.
No other gland. larSe or small. re
ceives proportionally so great and di
rect a supply Of blood as the thyroid
All these facts considered together
are sufficient to warrant US In accept
ing the thyroid as q most important
organ and should also prepare US t
expect very grave physical results
from any disturbance Of its functions
Snugly tucked away behind the thy
roid. two of them on either side o.
the larynx and oflen actually imbed
ded in the tissue OF that gland, are
four small bodies known as the par
athyroids."
The adrenal glands take their name
from the kidney; lad" meaning add
ton. or proximity to, and renal be
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two additional kidney glands are fiat
lima bean shaped bodies. each abou
one and one-half inches long. and they
lie IN intimate relation with and at the
top OF each kidney. It is believed
both the inner (medullary) and the
outer (corticaD parts OF the adrena
glands make contributions to the
blood stream. The absence OF thiI
medullary secretion produces q fal
in blood pressure which is fatal.
Suspended by q short stalk from the
under surface Of the brain hangs an
other Of these peallke bodies. or baby
glands. The early students OF physl
ology believed this gland prepares
phlegm or mucus for the moisteninI
Of the membrane Of the nose. and they
therefore called It the pituitary
which means the phlegm former. Tit
pituitary body (hypophySisl consist
OF two parts, q large anterior lob