The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-30
TURNING BACK THE CLOCK.

Recently Dr. 8. voronoff of the Col
leSe OF France visited several cities IN
thus country speaking on means of re-
storing vital energy and prolong1ng IRE.
The subject excited a good deal OF IN
ferest because almost every person over
30 years of age and many who are
younger, are eager to know how to re-
store vital energy and prolong life.
DR.. Voronoffs views have been put
into a book entitled Life" and nave
gone through this carefully looking Tor
something that the public generally
would be interested in. Voronoff quotes
Metschnikoff as saying low forms OF
animals, certain of the single cell va
rteties. have eternal life or at least live
until they are killed off by other living
being.
The lower, an animal in the scale OF
life the longer 1t lives relatively. Flurous
and Button said that an animal should
live to an age six or seven times the
number of years required for that ami
mails bones to complete their growth.
The highest forms of life do not attain
this longevity; the lower worms live be-
You'd it. Noronoff figures that on this
bas1s man should be able to reach lao
years.
In the tissues of man there are highly
developed cells which do the special
developed interstitial cells which remain
on the primitive level. In old age these
low cells overgrow and kill out the high
er cells. The process Of senilty Is one
of return Of the body to a low level
plane on which life might be greatly
prolonged, a condition not possible with
the rapid burning pace of younger years.
The thyroid gland is a ductless gland
with many functions, one of which is to
rs. /, RI n
I've tissue which overgrows and kills out
other cells, When the thyroid ages these
cells oyerdevelop and presently age other
organs. Since all the ductless glands are
hooked up in one combination, it would
be well to have word or two as to
each.
The parathyroids regulate the activity
of nerve cells. The suprarenal glands
maintain the tone OF the blood vessels
and the distribution of the blood
throughout the system and do other
things as WELL The pituitary gland is
divided into two parts. The secretion
of the front part determines whether the
body will grow short and small on the
one hand or into a state of giantlsm on
the other. The secretion of the back
part stimulates the production of milk
and of urine and governs the muscles OF
the organs.
When the pineal sland of youth is
diseased the changes of puberty and
adolescence do not work out in the usual
way. The gonads or sex glands in addi-
ton to propagating the species produce
an internal secretion absorbed directly
into the blood which profoundly affects
not only the other ductless glands, but
all other tissues of the body.
When through senility the brain has
'ost some of its power, the spirit some
Of its vigor, and the skin and other It's
sues have undergone changes which
every one recognizes, it is still possible
TO do a great deals of rejuvenating by
Introducing some of the ductless gland
secretions of the gonads into the blood
stream. This Rrown-Sequard proved
about 80 years ago. He injected what
came to be known as goat lymph, hypo-
iermically.
voronoff has gone one step further
md planted the sex organs under the
skin in the sittues. DR.. G. T. Lydston
did this before Voronoff did and has re-
ported good results lasting for a period Of
years. The scientific reports made on
The tissues of the transplanted organs
by DR.. e. Retterer confirm the scien-
tific report on similar organs made by
Or. Lydston.
DR.. Voronoff only used the organs Of
closely related animals. However, by
grating suitable glands on goats and
sheep he succeeded in bringing about
remarkable degree Of rejuN> alton and
this was continuing when the book was
written. He has had no experience in
grating gonads in human beings. This
Lydston, Stanley and others in this
country have done with an encouraging
degree of success, at least for a term
Of years.