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Show finally made the tissue Is not absorbed ab-sorbed but thrives and performs its function in its new home. Instead of making the graft In the neck, which Is the natural place for either of the glands, the tissue is placed in the armpit. Very small fragments of the gland tissue are used. While tho success of this method with the two types of glands mentioned Is very important, since both are vital tt body health, Its success with other glands would end diabetes and Addison's Ad-dison's disease. Pathfinder Magazine. Report New Technique in Gland Transference For some time surgeons have been attempting to transplant thyroid and parathyroid glands from one body to another. Such operations were usually usu-ally accompanied by a certain degree of success since the glands would live for a while but then, in most casses, would be absorbed. Dr. II. B. Stone, of Baltimore, now reports a new technique which seems to have overcome this difficulty. Instead of transferring the gland tissue directly from one body to the other it Is kept alive for about ten days in a laboratory labora-tory culture. The culture is absolutely abso-lutely germ-free and consists of artificial arti-ficial blood and a serum prepared from the body of the gland's future host. The artificial blood supplies nourishment for the tissue and the serum prepares it for the conditions It will meet in the new body. As a result, when the transplantation Is |