The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-15

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Chemicals Upon the Human Body
The subject Of chemistry Is today
one Of iutcns" interest, for we read OF
the almost marvellous deeds which are
nctug performed by those skilled In
is applications. We mote. that through
TIA, agcncy oi modern chemistry the
battlefield has become more deadly
Than II was formerly, ana at the snmo
time We recognize hat NOR, hope
exists ~ tho siCkroOm aud hospital
ccaus of the minist,rinss Of chem
.ral ond medicinal scicnce
The iaymau must feel tnat the
know ledgo possessed by som, % our
chemists is nothing short 81 marvel.
eush FOR IL does seem that we have
UnlutKed secrets Of extraordinary sig
uiiltanCc. yet think the chemist
himself realizes that what we do
know lades into comparative insig-
nificancc when he considers what We
may SNOW. THIS is particularly true
of our knowledge. and want of
knowledge. ~ that branch Of science
known rs Psychological chemistry, u
ield IN which the successful worker
needs To- bc both IL chemist anu u ply
sici1n. one can get an idea of the
technique which the future physician
viii posscss when III lister to this
quotation nom Dr. John J. Abei of
tn" Johns Hopkins medical school
When | have the honor OF being COM
suited by a young man vino has not
ct found himself intellectually hut
Who H. filled with q desire .o devote
hts lie to some branch ot medicine.
M. a. clinical ..t.l,utn. .uHN.I-us l,N-
sionc. bactcriolopy. physioios, or
pharmacol"gy. my advice IT, always.
study chemistry tor ~ least three
years. Try with an your Tower to
muster enough eft this greet sciencc
to start YOU IN your career.
Your speaker. being bur "a chemist.
ls .n tn" position of tn" iaNman; il
~ nis privilege to marvel 40 the work
1T these ply stefan chemists. and 1t Is
hi desire To- uieseht IRIS afternoon q
little of the work of Our med.co-
chemical researches with "a hope ui
moving from his point ut view chat
ut the chemist how much W. are de-
pendent upu the stimuli 1T chem
icais, both known and unku, Nn. Tor
the regular performance OF our nat
urnl mnctionf. and how equally true
b. the fact that mere traces of other
%,n.Inicals completely alter the trend
az our thoughts, words and ueeds.
JnqIes Loeb. formerly = professor
At the University OF California. mas
clearly demonstrated that eggs of
lower animals can he mad" To- grow
as If fertiliaed by the NAL. element
when such eggs are merely subjected
to The influence OF certain chemicals.
Scienc. has shown that our bodies
lcv,lop perfectly only when supplied
with an those chemicals which our
numerous glands furnish. ald the an
developed, defective child h. lnoked
upon as an Individual who hos ia He'd
tn Jpecone normal tor the want NJ
some chemical such children are
termed crctin' and y lack of the
chemical necessary To- produce normal
growth is termed orctinism. Many
abnormal children. suhuonnnl both
In moutal ANA physical growth. be-
eunc normal when AN extract of the
thyroid gland OF animals u.s. jcctod
,nto their systems and sNttcne cases
ar recorded. a. tor example that of
an H. gear-old .mbc,ile who when
given this thyroid extract became nor
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