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. 

 "I 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 



