Evening star., 1928-10-21

nroved. but during the following June
the treatment was stopped for the Sum-
mer months That Summer he broke
into three houses and was placed under
the jurisdiction of the court
In September he returned for treat
ment. When questioned he denied all
knowledge of his actions. took a defen-
sive attitude and regarded the medical
treatment as a form of persecution.
After he had little more treatment,
however. the principal who had referred
his case to lis was prevailed upon to
take him back in the school The boys
confidence in himself as an individual
was restored The last information on
this case shows that he is a respected
member of his community.
Another case was that of a f5-year-
old boy This Youngsters Illness was
caused by thymic hypopituitary and
calcium disturbance. He was all right
up to his fourteenth year. when. sud-
denly. he took to drinking and declared
that every one was prosecuting him. He
| twice tried to kill his mother. He was
placed in an institution.
He was given doses of medication of
calcium and pituitary and became less
violent. Later he contracted spells of
hopeless depression and developed re-
| ligious obsessions. He thought that If
he killed some one. say his mother,
| whom he adored his own crime would
be expiated The medical treatment was
| Kept UP and a year later he was able
| to return home. He is now going to
high school and in his school associa-
tions and environment he is normal.
| Another of these mixed glandular
types in which the pituitary. thyroid
and thynils glands we're affected was a
nj ryo% taV1t x4k
| for treatment in 1920 and he Is
still under treatment I can safely
say at this one point that if this boy
! had not been brought to us he would
either be in prison or would already
have paid the legal penalty for murder.
as have Hickman, Loeb and dozens of
others.
| His personality record shows that he
was subject to emotional outbursts, was
| ego-centric and impossible to get along
with. He was treated for a period of
over two years and at the end of that
| time letter was written to his mother
| in which it was stated to her that his
behavior was caused by internal glandu-
lar arrangements. and she was warned
not to let his environment bring back
past conditions. She also was told that
constant teasing and nagging would
bring out his worst qualities.
Perhaps in response to this letter, or
perhaps for some other reason, his
mother decided to take him to Europe
| and place him in a school over there
for a year. On board ship he threW
all his medicine overheard and wrote
as obscene letter as we have ever had
| on record. More ups and downs fol-
| lowed, but he was finally prevailed"
upon to take his medicine faithfully.
| Now he is in a good school, has 10
| more abnormal ideas. and the last x
ray check-up shows that after eight
years of treatment he is slowly reaching
normal 1t is a probability, however
| that treatment in modified form will
| have to be continued throughout his
| lifetime.
Another case was that of a bright
Young boy who was brought to see US
by his mother and father. They thought
that he was too fat. He was a rosy
checked CHEEKY little fellow, but he was
unmlstakably a criminal type EXAM
ination corroborated this When ]
told his parents this fact they were
insulted and indignant and took him
! away. Soon after this he tried to knife
| his mother. and six years later, after g
| series of crimes which ruined his father
financially, his parents came to me and
asked me to try to save him from a
heavy sentence on the plea that he wa.
suffering from glandular disturbance
Group Is Definite Glass.
From these cases 1t is apparent that
certain psychic and psychological con-
ditions arise both as direct results If
| the glandllar inadequacy and indirectly
through physio-chemical deficiencies
that bring this group of individuals into
a definite class
| The group is recognizable, apart from
| the physical side. by uncertainty in
mental activities, lack of concentration
OF power, no Stick-to-it-iveness and no
mental coordination: it is easily domi-
| mated by stronger minds and is con-
stantly retreating from its problems,
going the path of least resistance; it
has no judgement. no control of in
StlnctS and no self-denial. Indeed, the
inadequacies of this group are so great
that survival may be impossible, and
some therefore die in early life.
Yet many of these individuals,
through compensatory efforts of other
glands, gradually and automatically re-
cover entirely from these disabilities
and become members of the best and
most highly organized civilized groups
One of the wonders of the human body
is the way in which the ductless
glands rush to the defense of its life.
1t is this volunteer automatic VOL; that
makes life different from any machine
yet invented. In machinery the parts
do only their appointed work and wear
out with use. In the body the parts
not only perform their appointed func-
tions. but when one part fails the
other tries to take over its work. anT
thus restores the balance necessary tc
| heaith. Unlike machinery. they i'm.
prove with use and deteriorate when
not used
The cases which have been chosen
! may seem to strike an unduly optirnis-
| tic note as far as treatment is con-
Cerned, but 1t is true that there arc
certain people who can be helped to
| their potential heritage in life by
proper understanding Of their gland.
| ular inadequacies. There are oths,
persons who have no chance Of beinc
| helped and who often die in infancy.
Between these who die in infancy ans
those who automatically emerge an:
reach normal levels are a large nunibe
who remain constantly between thes.
limits. In them if this auromacity OF
CONDENSATION or treatment based upon
It's lack is not Forthcoming we get an
| individual who must always be cared
for medically, psychically and psyche
logically. He becomes liability to the
community Depending upon which
components of development are normal
and which are deficient We find indi-
tiduals of curious mixtures
Thus we may find adequate intelli-
gencs. but deficient mortality: normal
structure but bad behavior And so with
varying combinations we find classes
from which large group with crinli-
nal tendencies is evolved. Some q!
these, II taken early in life. can pc
helped. Others 1t is impossible to help.
The research problem to be under
taken by the Neurological Institute at
the medical center includes investiga-
ton by competent groups of examiners
Of criminals already In nenal institr-