202 SYMBIOSIS 



two mutually complementing each other ; for, be it with glands, 

 or organs, or organisms : all have to comply, jointly as well as 

 severally, biologically as well as physiologically, with the all- 

 embracing socio-physiological law of progress, the law oi 

 Symbiogenesis. 



The following are some acromegalic stigmata applying to 

 man and beast as observed by an autopsy and cited on p. 

 of Dr. Larger's work : 



On trouve, outre les dysostoses que nous avons decrites precedemment : 

 " une tumeur du corps pituitaire grosse comme une mandarine. Le foie, 

 la rate et les reins hypertrophies. L'uterus tout petit, portait 2 ovaires 

 atrophies. Pareille atrophie complete des organes genitaux males 

 voit ailleurs. Les capsules surrenales sont volumineuses. Enfin et sur- 

 tout, le corps thyroide est enormement hypertrophie, avec 4 parathy- 

 roides considerablement augmentees de volume. En resume : tous le 

 organes splanchniques sont plus ou moins interesses ; les ui 

 hypertrophies, les autres, atrophies I'hypophyse y comprise, peut-on 

 dire \ 



It is therefore certain, says the author, that " l'origin< 

 et la nature toxi-infectieuses generates sont demontrees a la 

 fois par la Pathologic humaine et par la Pathologic comparee." 



The Neanderthalian, as already pointed out, in the author's 

 opinion, is the only human group " nettement degenere d'apres 

 le mode animal." This race was not 



acromegalique individuellement et a titre exceptionnel, comme peut 

 1'etre rhomme actuel ; mais bien en tant que groupe entier, c'est-a-dire, 

 de la fa$on dont sont atteints et disparaissent ou ont disparu la plupart 

 des groupes animaux actuels et fossiles. 



As to the lesions found, there have been shown to be various 

 forms of Arthritis, often of a tubercular character. There are 

 indications of Osteo-arthritis and of " polyarthrite alveoloden- 

 taire." More precisely, Dr. Larger thinks the lesions due to 

 " Rhumatisme tuberculeux," which disease is notorious for 

 its osseous lesions lesions to be found in the Neanderthalian 

 skeleton and likewise in that of Ursus spelaeus. 



No doubt, in-feeding and sluggish conditions, the analogues 

 of those prevailing in Domestication, must be held responsible 

 for the result. Dr. Larger says that especially during the late 

 glacial periods, when man and animal lived under deplorable 

 hygienic conditions, either in caverns or with insufficient shelter, 

 and often without air and light and with insufficient food, tuber- 

 culosis was certain to have been rampant. And tuberculosis, 

 " c'est la maladie degenerative par excellence." 



