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...recommended. A worthy Ph.D. pleaded for selfdiscipline, fervently exhorting his hearers not to get the sneezing habit-which was very much like bidding a patient with a raging fever to keep cool. . . . Treatment ranged from what was called respiratory gymnastics to such Spartan measures as cauterization of the prostate gland in males and bone-breaking without discrimination...
...Atlas of Hollywood, bear-necked Cinemactor Victor McLaglen, 52, was sued for nonpayment of a doctor's bill for "monkey gland shots" given to him periodically since 1935. "Well," he hemmed, "the doctor said they would improve my complexion...
...Heart disease and diabetes are also more common in the North than in the South. Reason: Northerners must work hard to generate body heat during long cold winters, often overstrain their energy centres. Diabetes, for example, is caused by break-down of the pancreas, an abdominal gland which secretes a hormone responsible for converting sugar into energy. Toxic goitre, which frequently accompanies diabetes, is caused by strain on the thyroid gland, which regulates energy production...
...dictate all his surgical notes, make his own sketches for hospital records. In his 20 years at Harvard, Dr. Cushing collected some 2,000 brain tumors, which he stored in bottles. Many of these are pituitary tumors, for Dr. Cushing has done pioneer work in diseases of this master gland. These specimens, with their corresponding case histories, form the most remarkable neurological collection in the world...
After deliberating six hours, the Federal jury returned a verdict in favor of Dr. Fishbein. But no one believed for a moment that the adverse verdict would blight "Goat-gland" Brinkley's flourishing business...