Show 1 I S S SERVICE d DAILY HEALTH SERVICED SERVICE I SCIENCE BEGINS TO GET t d r f fI f I REAL FACTS ON GLANDS I 4 9 1 t By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia the Health Magazine Medical science is beginning to accumulate more and more in information information In- In formation about the glands and the manner in which they and their secretions affect the general condition condition condition con con- of ot the body When It first began to be r realized realised how Important were the functions of such tissues tissue as the thyroid the theby by the parathyroid tho the pancreas the adrenals and other glandular organs philosopher pity pity- began to develop elop all sorts of ot Queer notions regarding the the Importance Importance Im Im- of ot these tissues to the human body FACTS FOLLOW FANCIES After the first flights of ot fancy faney passed however research workers in b b began gan n to study s simple sim- sim problems problem and to accumulate real facts of ot importance in understanding understanding understanding under under- standing these nd For Instance the glands known as' as the adrenals which lie just above e the kidneys are sometimes de destroyed destroyed destroyed de- de b by serious dl disease a. a When this occurs the person Is' Is likely to develop a condition known wn as Ad- Ad dl ons on's disease In which there are usually I great weakness dizziness shortness of ot breath loss of ot weight soreness of the Joints and gradual breaking down of or the human bod body Usually the skin becomes pigmented pigmented pig pig- and turns klo- klo kloa to- to toa a sort of brou bronze bronte e color In In the Absence of oC tho the secretion of ot the adrenal glands the person is likely to dl dip To Is a small gland lying near the brain Its overgrowth overgrowth over over over- growth may be associated with pe pe- pe- pe culiar cullar changes in tho the str structure of the bod body and dwarf dwarfism Ism are not infrequent In relation rel to changes in this gland DIABETES The pancreas secretes secretes the substance substance substance sub sub- I stance that is Important In the handling of sugar in the bod body Destruction Destruction De De- of portions of ot the cells of oC the pancreas re results in diabetes Tho thyroid gland Js Is associated with goiter Changes in the sex glands result in anomalies be being In developed eloped which are of great In In- In terest The extracts of ot these glands seem to Jt have e Important effects on the body tody in somo some cases Unfortunately the American market Is flooded with prel preparations of or glands and ts that are ate worthless |