Show w i eY WI LLIAM rw wy I The Protean Aspects of Autointoxication I I Poisons produced as byproducts in inthe inthe inthe the putrefactive decomposition of ot niI nitrogenous nitrogenous ni ni- I foods chiefly meat in the intestinal canal cause the various manI man man- I L of or autointoxication self i poisoning in different individuals and andin in different degrees at different times in the same Individual The symptoms symptoms toms of autointoxication vary widely from a mere tired feeling or chronic spring fever or a dopey condition or state of unexplained fatigue fatigue fatigue fa fa- fa- fa tigue to the most extreme convulsIons convulsions convulsions coma and death Hence a diagnosis diagnosis diagnosis of autointoxication is only a be be- ginning Why do the symptoms of this kind of poisoning vary so remarkably remarkably remarkably remark remark- ably And why does the victim of I autointoxication suffer so much more at one time than at another from his particular poisons I In a discussion of the subject by the British Medical society a few years ago the physicians taking part partin in the symposium mentioned no less than fifty distinct poisons which have been recognized in cases of autointoxication cation ptomaine cation-ptomaine ptomaine and toxins of all sorts and degrees Spoiled meat Isas is isas isas as prolific within the alimentary canal canalas as without and Pandora's famous casket casket casket cas cas- ket never held more evils than may be turned loose from a bit of superfluous superfluous superfluous super super- putrefying meat in in the Inner tube when the colon bacilli get busy with It If It y you u were to mix fifty dif dif- different different ferent poisons in every conceivable combination you would not be surprised surprised surprised sur sur- to find your various concoctions causing fifty times fifty symptoms inthe In Inthe inthe the victims of your experiments Nor should you wonder at the multitudinous array of ot symptoms exhibited in ina a case of autointoxication Our Oui last line of defense against poisons formed within or introduced from without is the integrity of our ductless gland land function Thyroid r II III adrenals pituitary pineal spleen perhaps perhaps per per- I haps other ductless glands coordinate co l I nate physiologically in the disposal of all manner of poisons and hence the individual with a competent ductless ductless duct duct- less gland outfit withstands moderate poisoning mild autointoxication without without with with- out being aware of it because the poison poison poison poi poi- son absorbed into the blood is so promptly oxidized and destroyed But another individual whose ductless gland function may have been exhausted exhausted exhausted ex ex- ex- ex hausted by prolonged Infection by prolonged abuse of the table by alcohol alco alco- hol tobacco drug habits by excessive emotion by riotous living will suffer sutter and succumb to a degree of autointoxication autointoxication autointoxication which a better equipped victim might withstand definitely These ductless glands have a great deal to do with our physiological age I They produce the snuff s that puts the pep in youth |