The Washington times., 1921-06-27
GLAND GRAFT may
HEAL ALL DISEASES
n. Y. Surgeon Has Met With
Success In Nineteen Varied
Operations.

operations.
NEW YORK. June .7,---curs Of dia-
betes. nervous diseases, apoplexy, can.
Ger. paralysis asftans. and other dis
eases by the transplsnting Of monkey
glands In the future was predicted By
DR.. Thomas w. Edgar Of 7ee West
End avenue. authority on the study Of
glands.
And II any question OF basis be
needed IL might be stated that the
young surgeons startling prophecy
is grounded on the knowledge obtain
ed from nineteen successful gland
operations performed under his skill
full hands. some OF them on men
prominent in the financial and pro-
fessional life OF the city.
Nor is the comparatively new med
icaf discovery confined In it's advan-
tages to men for that matter, for only
q little while ago DR.. Edgar success
fully treated q woman member OF
wealthy family which summers Annu-
ally at Newport in much the same
manner. This woman has become Q
mother after twelve years OF child
less married life through his surgical
skill in correcting q long-standing
functional disorder by the use of .
female monkey gland.
ON VERGE OF DISCOVERIES.
| Naturally the surgeon Is enthusi-
astic over the outlook in the field OF
this new study. He believes that the
possibilities are greater than most
medical men now believe.
I'VE are on the verge of very great
discoveries along this line" he told
! a reporter. "In the very near future
many diseases and ailments will BE-
cured by gland operation.
Among these will be diabete2
| nervous diseases, apopIexy. and cam
GER"
Also DR.. Edgar agrees with other
great authorities that the span Of hu-
man life may be greatly prolonged BY
the new system. In fact he seer no
reason WHO mans life should not be
heightened to 120 or even 140 years.
"Scientinc medical workers in Paris
have made studies Of the laws which
govern the length of life. and they
have come to the conclusion that the
| duration of life In its totality may be
measured by the duration OF the
period of growth" he said. AS for
man, granting that he reaches his fnaI
growth at the age OF twenty. he
should live TO be 12O or even 1 10 years
old.
Few mortals, however, reach this
age. The death rate reaches its cul-
minating point between the ages Of
seventy and sevsnty-hve, yet this age
in no way can be considered the
natural term of human life. Most Of
| thoee individuals who die during
these years are still well preserved
physically and Intellectually, and their
death is rarely due to senile debility.
BENEFIT TO WOMEN.
''The deductions drawn from these
facts is that the real cause OF longev-
ity must reside in some innate Pc
our organs which have direct influences
on the duration of our life
The surgeon is thoroughly convinced
that many of these Inmate pecularl-
ties" may be corrected by gland op-
erations.
Here DIR. Edgar Improved the oc-
casion to correct a popular impression
to the contrary by declaring that II
was now possible to transplant monk.
ey glands to almost any part of the
human body. Also he stressed the
fact-a fact proven by him-that wo-
men may now share IN the benefits
of the discovery the same as men
Incidentally. the surgeon sounded
a word of warning against the opera (
tions of "quacks" in the new held.
of whom he said many had sprung
up Some of these ''quacks have even
been advertising. the surgeon re-
minded his interviewer. DIR. Edgar's
experiments and discoveries in "Gland
ology." IL such II may be called, will
be the subject Of an interesting article
| to appear I'm a prominent medical
1 Journal in the near future.
FEMALE GLAND GRAFT.
The surgeon declined for ethical
reasons to give the name of the wom-
an subject of his recent experiment in
female monkey gland transplantation,
but confirmed the announcement that
she was prominent socially and
wealthy. Also he sad that there was
no doubt that the operation had thor
| oughly corrected her trouble.
One of the most recent subjects Of
such an operation was a prominent
Syracuse business man.. while the
man has not yet entirely recovered
| from the effects of the operation, DIR.
Edgar Is confident that the outcome
will be in keeping with that of pre-
ceding cases. The monkey used in
this case was imported especially for
| the operation. Other subjects in
cluded a South American journalist.
sent here by a Havana surseon,. and a
fnancier of this city. A Washington
newspaper man was still another.
DR.. Edgar began his gland studies
In Bahai. Brazil working with DR..
Serge veronon, the celebrated Paris
surgeon. Monkeys were cheap there.
and the young New York surgeon
gained a lot of experience that has
been of great value TO him In his work
| sipce his raf,trn n thts cifv