164 THE INTERNAL SECRETIONS—1920 
He takes exception to the more recent limitation 
of the meaning of research, as an uncharted venture 
into the realm of the unknown and quotes the defini- 
tions given in the “Century Dictionary :” 
1. Diligent inquiry, examination, or study. 
2. Laborious or continued search after facts or 
principles. 
3. Investigation. 
And gives the illustrative quotation from Cowper: 
“He sucks intelligence in every clime 
And spreads the honey of his deep research 
At his return—a rich repast for me.” 
On the other hand, he makes a sharp distinction be- 
tween a research laboratory and a testing laboratory. 
“T should not want to see a chemical laboratory, how- 
ever large and elaborate its equipment or however 
highly trained its staff might be, called a research labo- 
ratory if its sole function happened to be routine analy- 
sis and check on the product. 
“But every business (or profession) is continually 
confronted with the need of more information than is 
possessed by its regular staff . . . and if it is to de- 
velop, realizes that it must find new fields,” must gather 
up the work of others and find new relations between 
the elements of the known and must continually push 
its thought and processes into the previously untried. 
It has been said that the human body contains within 
itself all the elements needed for the cures of its vari- 
ous diseases. The author must have made this observa- 
tion in a Pickwickian sense only. At least he could 
hardly have meant they were present in sufficient 
amount or suitable proportion at all times. 
In the chronically ill, what a wide field of speculative 
investigation and therapeutic endeavor is presented! 
Every organ, every gland, every cell is giving out 
