STERILITY AND THE ENDOCRINES 247 



CLINICAL EXPERIENCES WITH PLURIGLANDULAR 

 THERAPY 



My idea in presenting this short paper is simply to 

 place myself on record as being interested in sex stimu- 

 lation and at present using a pluriglandular endocrine 

 serum with success in the treatment of this condition. 

 It was not my intention originally to depart from the 

 specific therapy of diabetes, but my unusual observa- 

 tions in the cases treated have been so promising in pro- 

 ducing a state of well-being in my elderly adult pa- 

 tients, that I feel entitled to state that I have a dis- 

 tinctly beneficial serum for the alleviation of presenile 

 and senile deficiency: and that my product is capable 

 of producing a new lease of life in those whose func- 

 tions have been reduced to a minimum. 



Previous to reviewing several cases, I may state that 

 as I did not decrease the diets of these individuals, or 

 try to build up their tolerance by starvation, I do not 

 feel that their improvement was due to this form of 

 therapy. Secondly, the last three patients were not 

 diabetic, and presented no evidence of any objective or 

 subjective disease, aside from their presenile condi- 

 tions. 



CASE I. Male, aged eighty-four. Consulted me be- 

 cause he was losing weight and becoming weak. Com- 

 plained of frequent urination, loss of memory. The 

 patient had been employed by one of the large period- 

 icals as a political writer on account of his intimate 

 knowledge of politics. For the past six months he was 

 unable to deliver any speeches, and because of his in- 

 ability to concentrate was unable to write. Physical 

 examination revealed a remarkably well preserved in- 

 dividual, skin ruddy and moist. The radial and tem- 

 poral arteries only slightly sclerotic; eyes clear and 

 moist; knee jerks absent; venereal history negative; 

 fine tremor of hands present; musculature flabby; 

 weight 210 pounds. The patient consulted me on account 

 of his mental condition, thinking it might be due to dia- 

 betes, which was sapping his strength, and causing him 



