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ORGANOTHERAPY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE 

 TO THE ADRENALS 



BY LILLIAN G. BARKER, M.D., Los Angeles, Calif. 



The practice of medicine is properly described as an 

 art, "the art of medicine." It is also a science, but our 

 knowledge is so limited that we stand on the very out- 

 skirts and view "through a glass darkly" the field to be 

 surveyed and plotted and minutely studied, before we 

 can practice medicine as a science. Only here and there 

 as the mists are dissipated by those in the advance 

 guard of learning, do we discern little islets of truth 

 that we hope may be united into whole continents, giv- 

 ing us eventually a solid foundation of science to sup- 

 port our art. 



We cannot, however, wait till we are able to grasp 

 the whole of truth before we care for the sick. We 

 must accept experience as our guide and try to add 

 little by little to the sum of knowledge by interpreting 

 results in the light of the present known facts. 



In the November 14, 1919, number of Science, Morris 

 E. Leeds, of Philadelphia, discusses the subject of re- 

 search, with special reference to industrial establish- 

 ments ; but from the standpoint of the true scientist and 

 in a manner equally applicable to any place or condi- 

 tion where chemistry and physics enters into the funda- 

 mentals of the processes carried and where serious and 

 sincere study looking toward advancement and develop- 

 ment is proposed. 



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