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protective and defensive measures against disease. They regulate .the 

 function of ovulation, of sex development, of pregnancy, of muscular 

 tonicity, of vascular tonicity, of adiposity, the growth of tissues, sugar 

 metabolism, glandular activity, etc., etc. Although the glands are far 

 apart in the body, there is nevertheless a functional intercommunication 

 between them. They have furthermore a compensatory interaction, an 

 altered function in one gland being balanced by the functional activities of 

 one or more other glands. Again, a serious dys-function of one gland may 

 upset the functional activities of the others. 



Every cell of the body may be likened to a ductless gland capable of 

 taking on some one or other of the functional activities of the glands, and 

 all of the functionally active body cells do cooperate with the glands in the 

 maintenance of the bodily functions. The significance and importance of 

 the intelligent use of ductless gland products are clearly set forth by Sajous 

 as follows. 



"What are termed 'backward childern' aggregate, judging from the 

 proportion shown by the public schools of Philadelphia, 318,000 in the 

 public schools of the United States. As this does not include children who 

 are too young to attend school, an estimate of one million of backward 

 children of all ages in the whole country, would be nearer the true figure. 

 These children, usually deemed merely deficient in capacity of spontaneous 

 attention and memory and believed to show no evidences of degeneracy, 

 possess in many instances stigmata which point directly to impairment, 

 through heredity or local lesions, of the ductless glands, and due in many 

 instances to one or more " children's diseases." We may witness one or 

 more signs of hypothyroidism or larval myxedema, with mental torpor, 

 hypothermia, and perhaps a little pallor as only signs; or close examination 

 may elicit a mild form of cretinism, with slightly stunted growth, a pug 

 nose, thick lips, a somewhat harsh skin children who often show decayed 

 teeth and a predilection for tonsillitis. 



A lower grade still of these (often redeemable) degenerates show defects 

 of speech and ideation and deficient capacity of spontaneous attention. 

 Left untreated, such subjects usually drift to the category of "idiots," 

 a blind devotion to tradition having associated these unfortunates with 

 "heredity" a fit companion for "idiosyncrasy" as a cloak for ignorance. 

 Hemadenology will do much to tear asunder the clouds which hover over 

 this great question. Indeed, through the efforts of eugenists to protect 

 future generations, the unfortunates of our own generation are increasingly 

 exposed to injustice. This will cease when the prevailing tendency to 

 overlook the flood of light which modern contributions to our knowledge 

 concerning the ductless glands have thrown upon heredity will inspire the 

 labors of these well meaning scientists. 



