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problems regarding the ductless glands and their prod- 

 ucts, but it has been my great privilege and pleasure 

 to demonstrate, clinically, the results of the study and 

 research of some of the master minds of today and of 

 the last two decades, who are giving their time and 

 powers to the investigation of the endocrine glands. 

 I am glad to offer my testimony in their favor. 



The reason why I use organotherapy in my practice 

 can be told in the five words BECAUSE I GET GOOD 

 RESULTS. The story of "HOW" I came to use the 

 endocrines more and more frequently, would take much 

 longer, yet a few words about the "WHYS" and 

 "WHERES" may be of value to others who have not 

 made a thorough trial of these adjuvants, which many 

 times are virtually specifics. Sometimes the "why" 

 is hard to answer, but if I find that a remedy does the 

 work, I do not refrain from its use merely because I 

 cannot find an explanation for each step of its modus 

 operandi. 



ADRENAL THERAPY IN DRUG ADDICTION 



In a case of morphine addiction that I had under 

 treatment in 1908, I found an unusually low blood 

 pressure. From later experience, I have found that is 

 what we must expect in most of these addicts unless 

 possibly there is a severe complicating nephritis. The 

 systems of these patients always are in a state of 

 greater or less intoxication on account of the dimin- 

 ished elimination, and in all of these cases elimination 

 is the prime key to successful treatment. In the case 

 mentioned, in addition to catharsis and diuresis with 

 the usual remedies that I had been in the habit of using 

 before, I tried one of the preparations of adrenal gland 

 that was on the market. It gave me such satisfactory 

 results that I began using it in other chronic conditions 

 having low blood pressure and in which elimination 

 was needed, and there are comparatively few cases 



