ENDOCRINE THERAPEUTICS 



and unscientifically directed, but producing results 

 that in our ignorance we call miraculous. 



We call a disease incurable, but why ? Myxce- 

 dema was incurable a short time ago. Surely 

 this word " incurable," like " supernatural," 

 should only be regarded as the limit of our 

 present powers. Much of our old medical lore 

 will no doubt have to be scrapped, but it has 

 served its purpose, and has been a stepping- 

 stone to truth. We now need, and, thank God, 

 are getting, a new orientation. True science and 

 spiritual consciousness will flood the world with 

 a new light. The fear of death and doubt of 

 God's goodness, implied in almost every thought 

 and action of our lives, will be supplanted by 

 faith here and hope in the future. 



Faith in God's purposes and faith even in a 

 doctor are drugs of great price, which combined 

 with hope will often remove mountains. 



Now one will ask, what has this rather 

 hackneyed transcendentalism got to do with 

 endocrine therapy ? The connexion is not at 

 first obvious, but none the less real. 



Consider for a moment the mental state of the 

 cretin, or in later life of the myxoedematous, 

 and again that of Graves' disease, and we shall 

 see how the health of the body is controlled by 



