The Washington herald., 1922-07-02
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GLANDS AND
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Old men. Mr.. Mccormick anons
them. wish to become young asssn;
or az least they long for the
strength and vigor OF youth. Hence
the widespread interest In the poe
sible methods for ''rejuven.ting-
the body.
Why do we become oidr why 10
our cycle Of life 90 limited in yearsf
why do not the process Of digestion.
absorption. asstmilattn and repair
go on indenniteiyf In the early
stages OF his existence. and for .
number OF years. man IA capable of
replacing worn-out Tissues: why can
he no longer DO that when he be-
comes four score and tent There
have been endless theories 20 ex-
plain the old-sge puzzie
The more modern work on the
subject was ushered In by Brown
Seouard. a Franco-Americsn who In
1883 brought himself into the lime
light with the statement that he
had fed himself with extracts OBJ
tained from the sexual organs OF q
ram. and that as a result. had be-
come quite "rejuvenated-" His sev-
enty years sat lightly on his head
He felt not more than one-hsif Of
seventy.
Paris began 20 hum with thl
piece, OF sensational news and q
quickly Travelled around the globe
But repetitions Of Brovn-Seouards
experiments were disappointine
and his IDEA that the vtgor Of the
entire bodily structure. fell into dis
repute.
within the last few years the
subject Of rejuvenation has come 10
the front again. largely owing to
the work OF Professor Steinach. Of
Vienna. and DR.. voronoh. Of Paris.
These men believe with Brown
Seousrd that there 10 a something
in the reproductive system which
profoundly influences the general
mental and physical makeup Of the
body: but they maintain that feed
ing EXTRACTS of reproductive organs
is useless. since they undergo
changes before they can reach their
destination
On the other hand surgeons have
had sufficient experience with trans-
planting organs TO make testiculAr
grating a feasible undertaking.
Steinach transplAnted the sexuss
organs OF young rats TO the system
of old ones. ana found that not only
could the life Of these rats be pro-
longed. but much OF the strength Of
their youth restored TO them. poi-
onoff did the same thing with rams.
with much the same result Rams
10 to IL years old. corresponding -
about so years In man. had their
glands replaced by those obtained
from q group Of younger animals,
The transformation. according 10
voronoff. was little short Of mar
velous He went a step further and
showed that just as soon ss the
transplanted organ is removed. the
animal returns to its original con-
{ dition.
More recently steinsch has hit
/ upon a simpler operative technique.
/ which does away with the neces-
/ sity OF organ trsnsplantation alto
gether. In principle IL depends
upon the fact that OF the two types
Of secretion developed by organs OF
reproduction but one. that produced
by the so-called 'interstitisl cells"
plays a role in rejuvenation. Stein
ach found IL possible TO multiply the
activity OF these cells by what ap-
pears to be a comparatively sim
! pie operation. However. Voronof is
OF the opinion that the transplanta-
tion Of organs is a much better
method. and presumably the sur
geon who operated on Mccormick Is
also OF that opinion.
But we must be very cautious IN
/ interpreting results. We must
adopt the attitude OF the expert
| mental worker. who is not only
creative but extremely critical sa
! far these Regeneration" expeE
ments are in their infancy. qe
iexperiments that have been n j.
I formed have been mainly on lni-
mails. Steinsch. to be sure. has per-
/ formed the operation on a number
4 OF men. and so have q number OF
| Chicago doctors: but the time that
has elapsed since these operations
were performed has been short and
we have no way OF foretelling the
post operative changes In the next
/ few years. We are all too familiar
] with the successful operation that
has sent the patient to a speedy
grave. due. let ~ be emphasized.
through no fault OF the surgeon