The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-30

IN the Pubic nina WIN enuo-
crime gland disorders were per-
sonality changes, and that for
these we have no reliable tests.
DR.. Clendening will answer
questions Of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Whether TO ascribe them to duct
less gland disorders is left to the
examining doctors opinion. Some
modification of this statement is
permissible and it especially ap-
plies to that very familiar phe-
nomenon of maleness in the female
and femaleness in the male.
Sissies and Brutes
Everybody knows them - the
sissies and the brutes in short
skirts and brogans that are out
for the ten mile tramp no matter
what the weather. The lady wrest-
lers and golf champions and the
boys who like to paint china. Not
that necessarily a lady can't be a
golf champion and not remain
quite feminine too, but I'm trying
to make my point in brief words.
The woman in politics inclines TO
somewhat masculine habit of
thought. AS Senator Vest once
asked in a rather emotional form
of augmentation would you
like to come home at night and be
kissed by justice of the peace ?"
but this was when "Votes for
Women" was in its infancy.
OF course all Of US have some
mixture of both. There is a fem
mime streak in some tough movie
actors which they like to bring out
in their most hard-boiled roles.
And for all their beauty and deli
cacy, darkly suspect that there is
quite a lot of herman in most
charming women.
Measuring Physical Features
There are methods of measur-
ing the physical features if not
the spiritual qualities that indi-
cate maleness and femaleness. 1t
would be possible to line up
group of men who represented
only very gradually the change
from the perfectly characteristic
male contour of wide shoulders,
narrow hips, non-approximating
spans between the legs, and large
hands and feet to the last man in
line who had narrow shoulders,
broad hips, and tapering fingers
and toes. And the same thing
could be done in reverse with
series of women.
How much the endocrine glands
have to do with all this is very de-
batable. The sex incidence Of var
ious diseases is largely a COM
plete mystery. Why, for instance,
should govt affect men in SO per
cent of cases, women in only 2
per cent? Why should gallstories
occur SO per cent of the time in
women, II per cent in men While
such conditions as pernicious ane-
mia and diabetes affect men and
women exactly equally. Why
should whooping cough light on
girls more often than boys These
conditions have nothing to do d.
rectly with the characteristic male
or female organs.
Extracts of Ductless Gland
Nor has there been any real
success resulting from the at
tempts to improve these conditions
by giving extracts of the ductlsss
glands or by any other physical
methods.
The best wisdom we have 10
give these mixed" people is that
instead of resenting implications
or realizations of maleness in the
female and femaleness in the male,
they can accept the situation and
derive great spiritual strength
from the proper balance and ap-
plication Of the factors. The fac
tors are not necessarily antago-
nistic. The typical he-male and
she-female do not represent very
agreeable or strong types.
Tenderness in the man and cour-
age and virility in the woman are
not Interchangeable the con-
trary to the development Of a
rounded and perfect personality.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
r. L.:-Will X-ray treatments
cure person Of abdominal ad.
hesions from an operationl
Answer, No