The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-09-29
c hill D WARF S
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+ famous Psychologist
Also Succeeds in Max
ing Understood Man In
crease Height.
ny G. @. LYON.

COLUMBUS, O.. Sept. 2D.-Maybc
the day IN already here when short
men can make six-footcrs out OF
themselves merely by taking a few
pills.
science has recently achieved some
wonderful results along the line OF
growth control. And II In on the
verge OF further important discover
Nothing could be more amazing
than the eases OF the two Espen-
schied children Of New Philadelphia
Anna May, 10 years 6 months old,
and Bertha, . years 6 months.
Just ~ months & they were
babes In arms Anna May was al
most the oNact height and weight OF
q la-mOnth-old baby Of 81 neiRhbor
across the street, while Bertha was
even smaller.
Today Anna May Is as large az a
normal fve.year-old child and Bertha
as a four-year-old.
Classcd a. Crctins.
They were not dwarfs. They were
classcd as crctins. From infancy
they had Failed to grow. either physi-
cally or mentally. The medical pro-
fcssion studied them frequently. but
failed to find the secret.
In September. 1920. the two
babes wcrc brought to the State
Bureau OF Juvenile Research and
placed under observation by DR.. ~.
II. Goddard, head % tho Institution.
Goddard Is moi; a physician, but he
N recognized a. one OF the worlds
greatest psychologists.
Goddard soon announced hat tho
children had ne thyroid glands"
Tho question came from all quar
tiers: What have thyroid glands to
do with IT,"
The thyroid" said Goddard, lis a
gland In the neck. For n long time
" has been known 10 have a distinct
effect upon growth and u has been
known that cretinism Failure to
grow has been due either to tho
absence or disease OF this gland"
Feeds Children Glands.
Goddard hit upon the idcE OF feed
Ing the two Eepenschied children
extract Of thyroid glands taken from
lambs pnd bullocks.
The extract" was prepared in the
form of pills and the mother. Mrs.
j. W. hspenschicd. took the children
home with Instructions to give them
each nine pills a day-throo at each
meal.
Let the happy mother tell the rest
Of tho story:
"Dr. Goddard's wonderful pills
made Anna MAY grow three inches
the first 81 days OF the treatment
and ten inches during the first seven
months.
In "a few days II will he Just one
year since she started taking the
pills and she n now fully re inchos
taller. n Is az big ns an ordinary
nvc-year-old child.
Bertha hasn't grown 80 fast phySl-
cally. although she is now the size
OF n normal fou~r-yoar-oid child, hut
her mental development has been
faster than Anna Mays.
Growing Like Weeds.
"a year agq my two little girls
had the bodies and minds OF mere
babies. while nov they are really
growing like weeds and are begin
hing TO talk. Their mental develop
mont has been amazing In so short
a time ! am confident that In u few
years, under Dr. Goddard's treat
mcnt, they will he entirely normal"
Mrs Espenschied has on older
daughter. Fricda, who IL normal In
every respect. and who at IL years
Of age, Is In the eighth grade at
school
Another remarkable Instance OF
forced growth through the feeding
nf thyroid gland extract is that of "A
4h-vcar-uld dwarf lie grew two
Inches taller but the treatment had
70 b" suspended on account OF his
great loss In weight. .