Evening journal., 1919-11-01
GLAND IMPLAN1ING
FIRST DONE in US.
Discovered by Chicago Sur
geon. and Ten Opera
tionS Performed
GIVES NEW VIGOR BUT
NOT LIFE ELIXIR

SAN QUENTIN. Cal, oct. 3i.-Dr. Serg
voronoff, Of Paris, in claiming credit
FOR gland implantstion as a restorer Of
youthful vlrllity, has stolen the thunder
Of two American surgeons.
The true pioneer in this feld is an
American. Dr. G. Frank Lydston, Of
Chicago.
The man who successfully put Or.
Lydstons theories INTO practice and has
performed more operations Of this sort
than any other man in the world, eX-
cept Dr. Lydslon, is Dr. Theo. l.. Stan
ley. prison physician at san Quentin
Peniientiary, California.
Dr. Stanley has performed 10 such
operations, all successful. lie has
worked with the glands Of humans. not
monkeys. He is therefore able, Of his
own experience. 10 declare that Dr.
Voronoff has exaggerated and mis-
stated the greatest medical discovery OF
our time.
All that wt youthful in Thomas Bel
Ion. murderer. who paid the death pen
atty. is today restoring the vigor OF life
in Che veins Of a decrepit fellow
prisoner.
Benon. Young and strong. died Octo-
Der 40 on the gallows at San Quentin,
Cal. Before his death he gave his body
10 science.
Prisoner No -. serving a 60-year
term for manslaughter. within an hour
after the execution received into ms
exhausted frame the interstitial cells
of the dead murderer.
He wished 10 so, even though added
life. for him, means only more years
spent behind the bars OF the state
Penltentiary. The 'will TO live over
came all else, although the next ieW
months might have seen MS release
through natural death.
II was the most dramatic OF the ten
experiments made thus far at san
Quentin by Dr. Leo l.. Stanley, sur
geon who had mastered the mystery |
Of gland implanialion years before DR..
Voronon Of Paris.
Even life-termers want to live says |
Warden James A. Johnston, the man !
who changed san Quentin from a !
"house Of cruelty" into great indus
trial school.
III this operation is markedly sue |
cessfui, the old man may qualify for |
parole and a steady job. AT present, |
weak and broken-down, he has no such
chance.
Isn't that worth the discomfort and
the risk?n
Prisoner No. - began TO show
marked Improvement in virility within
three days after the operation. In five
days he was out Of the prison hospital.
He stood straighter, walked faster,
talked in a ilrmer voice, laughed and |
ioked with the guards and his fellow
prisoners, and felt, as he told DR.. |
Stanley, like a man Of 30.
This In spite Of the fact that the |
wound from the operation had not |
fully healed.
In all the cases-and ] have per-
formed ten OF these operations" says
Dr.. stanley this immediate gain in
virilty has been evident. After the first
decided flare-up, the effects become less
marked. / would not even say they are
permanent though they certainly last
for several months
"The operation, while a delicate one
TO perform, is not difficult or hard on
the patient The effects are general,
and cannot be checked up specifically.
All my patients declare they feel far
better in general health"
Dr. Stanley believes Dr. Noronoff has
no scientific warrant for stating that
gland implantalion indefinitely pro-
longs life.
That Is a thing impossible 10 prove"
he says "One would have 60 know
how long a nian was destined TO live,
before stating that any cause has pro- {
longed his life Death is the lot Of all
living things 10 cannot be conquered.
Such statements stamp Dr. Voron-
offs sensational announcement as half 1
baked and insincere. He evidently
knows far less about the subject than
several American surgeons. especially
Or. @. Frank Lydslon, Of Chicago. the
true pioneer in this field
In an my operations | have followed /:
Dr. Lydston's technic and have checked Z
mp his theories Dr. Lydston has per- =
formed many Of these operations, ante !
dating the earliest OF Noronof's expe-
rimeHts. II
Regarding the body as a machine. it
Is obvious that if one important part is
defective, the machine VIII run better
II that part is replaced. Whether IL Will
run longer is another question :
THE hOrmone,' or internal secretion, :
from the Cells Of Leydlg which are sit
uated near ihe reproductive glands. is
OF huge importance in all matters Of
general melabolism. and has particu-
Tar bearing ON the sex-limited or sec
ondary sexual characteristics. II circu- ,
lates through the blood to all parts OF
the body.
This internal secretion is the prln-
cpal benefit gained by this operation.
4 seems 70 make lille difference where
ne grated tissue is placed, so long as
II is healthy and living when implanted.
! do not pretend TO say how long il
lasts"