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...thymus (sweetbread) is a gland located above the heart, at the root of the neck. Together with the pituitary it controls growth through infancy (1 to 6 years) and childhood (6 to 14 years). It normally disappears at puberty...
...Apparently his pituitary gland had misfunctioned...
...name. I have been informed repeatedly of his doing the same for all other El Paso acquaintances of his, many of whom he knew only casually. Some years ago it was my privilege to have a rather lengthy conversation with Jake concerning the predicament that a faulty gland had placed him in; he has a philosophy that enables him to accept his lot in a manner that should make a lot of us "normal" folk envious of him. ROBERT M. JACKSOX Clerk Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds United States Senate Washington...
Cause of his condition is hypertrophy of his pituitary gland. This endocrine body, situated under the brain, controls growth. Usually when it goes awry it affects the individual either at puberty or after he reaches maturity. Adolescent pituitary trouble makes the victim exceedingly tall and lanky. Later it makes the hands, feet and head (especially the chin) vast and ponderous. Robert Wadlow's condition started at birth. Hence his 8 ft. 6 in. and his 435 Ib. are in fairly good proportion...
...Little Tear Gland that Says Tic Tac (Max Ernst...