The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-17
THE GLANDS OF EMOTION

The GLANDS OF EMOIlON
Doctors have come to realize that
strong emotions act as powerful
stimulants or inhibitors Of the duct
less glands. Prolonged fear and
anxiety seem to have a special tend
ency to produce diabetes. Severe
fright often results in paralysis or
mental alterations. Anger often
stimulates the adrenals to such an
extent that the blood pressure is
increased and apoplexy the result.
Chronic i'll temper may cause Sc
rious toxic irritation, severe enough
to injure the heart or blood vessels.
Shock has frequently been followed
by hyperthroidism, or an increased
secretion of the thyroid gland;
mental depression frequently results
in its underactivity.
Many of the appearances of old
age are caused by the emotions of
worry, grief and sorrow, producing
worn expression of the face and
an exhausted attitude. White hair
may occur within very short time
from worry or sorrow. Badness
may result from a lack of glandular
activity caused by the action of de-
structive thoughts. A lack of men,
tai control will produce prema-
ture old age more rapidly than any
other factor.
It is we'll known fact among doc
tors that patients with weak thy
roids and gonads are continually
seeing the dark side of life and fur
thermore are usually absent-minded
and lack even the ordinary elements
| Of precaution and are almost sure
to fail in any of their undertakings.
They are frequent victims of acct
dents which occur as the result of
lack Of caution or foresight. Many
"jay-walkers" and those who cross
the street against the traffic signals
may come under this class. On the
other hand, those individuals in whom
the ductless glands are functioning
properly are courageous, full of vi
tally, and usually successful in their
undertakings. There is such a close
connection between the action of the
ductless glands and the state of the
mind that these glands have actually
been termed the organs of emotion.
We may be disappointed in our
faith in friends or in the allure
ments of love; we may have acct
dents which cannot be avoided, or
we may in lonesomeness desire the
presence Of absent ones, but for
tunately time places healing hand
over our grief. Forgetfulness of
our sorrows is God-given blessing.
Those who reverse this normal proc
ess and remembering, store up their
sorrows and grievances and forget
their joys, are suicide subjects, and
if they live on, through a greater
fear of death, their faces are lined
with burrows and their ambitions
have fled.
One Of the finest methods for for
getting our irritations is to make
a sympathetic contact with nature
with the mountain crags, the forests,
the vine-covered hills and the fields
Of wild flowers. They will teach us
something Of the vastness Of life
and the smallness Of our problems.
AS Schopenhauer said, "The world
has existed for $4,000 years and will
last for $4,000 years more, and what
are few years Of our lives in the
face Of these thousands ?" We rec
ognize this saying as being even
more true when we realize that the
latest researches of science have SUBJ
stituted millions of years for Scho-
penhauer's thousands.
DIR. McCoy's menus suggested for
the week beginning Sunday, Nov.
18th:
Sunday
Breakfast: French Omelet, *waf-
file, applesauce.
/ Lunch: Cream of tomato SCUM