The Washington times., 1922-04-09
EndOcrlnc Glands
Exercise Important
Effect on the Mind
DIR. Louis Berman
Tells w h y In
This Book.
BY TIMOTHY H. TOMLIN. M. d.

DR LOUIS BERMANs widely
discussed book. ''The Glands
Regulating Personality" a survey
Of fields OF experimental physiolo-
gy and pathology in search OF data
relating to glands Of internal se-
erection and their influence upon
our physical and mental develop
ment. is q very interesting and
quite worthwhile volume Of some
2so pages.
The Introductory chapter. en-
tirely nonteohnical and easily un-
derstood by the layman. leaves one.
however. with a curious impression
OF inconclusiveness. 1t is a philoso-
ply OF history such as Jeremiah
might have written. a polenic in
tht well-known Nietxschean vein, in
which man in all ages is seen az
the victim of q whole system of
torments ths: have made his way
q path Of rocks. along which he
crawis to his doom. and the possi-
bility Ia suggested that the human
animal. after all. may be simply a
bad habit that Life viii succeed In
shaking off. The writer warns us
that perhaps Fate's stranglehold
upon us cannot be broken, and
that we are indeed irrsvocabiy lost
once we are obsessed by this fear.
In this struggle against q hostile
environment the psychologist en-
gagged in studies of tho functions
OF the group of organs known as
endocrine glands or glands Of In
ternaI secretion In laying the
foundations OF q new and most
valuable knowledge of man and
his nature or personality. DIR. Ber-
man is at some pains to give In
non-technicai language short de-
scriptions Of the location and gross
appearance of these glands. Thus
he states that the thyroid consists
OF two maroon-colored masses at
the front Of the neck, above the
wfndpipe. Tho gland has always
attracted much attention because
it's enlargement constitutes the
deformity known as goitre. AT
once our interest is intrigued, for
who is there so dull as not to want
TO know something about those Gu
rious swellings on the neck known
as goitres, with which nearly ev-
eryone Is familiar from childhoodr
And our interest is well rewarded,
for we find that simply to know
that a soitre Is an enlargement of
the thyroid gland In merely to
scratch the surface of medical sci
ence's knowledge OF this remark
able structure. In like manner DR..
Berman presents each member of
this strange group, discussing their
normal functions and then pro-
ceedins TO their perversions of
function. perversions which bring
about the most startling and pro-
found changes In the individuals
PHYSIQUE, his mentality, his per-
sonaiity. He tells us that the size
and shape of our hands, fingers
ana toes are details that tell an
enoocrine tale; that In the model.
ing and tone of our brews. eyes,
muse, lips, jaws and teeth each of
tne endocrines has something to
say. Our skin is influenced in its
color, moisture, hairiness. texture
ana vulnerapility to disease by the,
endocrines. The hair, the muscles,
the compfeI OF sex are all the
unique expressions Of the subtle
chemical processes carried out by
these glands.
Proceeding from these prelimi-
naries, the writer enters upon a
review of the data concerning the
influence OF the internal secretions
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