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pendent upon, adrenal fag, particularly of the cortex. Brain tissue 

 and adrenal cortex tissue are near relatives, and a normal human 

 brain never develops without a normal adrenal cortex. The 

 adrenal type with an hypertrophied adrenal cortex is always 

 efficient. 



Among women, the adrenal type is : .. always masculinoid. If 

 physically feminine — due to adequate feminine reactions on the 

 part of the other endocrines — she will at least show the qualities 

 of a psychic virilism. A generation ago, such a woman had to 

 repress her inherent trends and instincts in the face of public 

 opinion and law, and so suffered from a feeling of inferiority. 

 Nowadays, these women are striding forward and will attain a 

 good many of the masculine heights, commanding responsible 

 executive positions and high salaries. An adrenal type will prob- 

 ably be the first woman president of the United States. 



However, that presupposes a normal range of action of the 

 other endocrines. Let there be some quirk or weakness elsewhere 

 in the chain of hormones, and instead of the successful woman, 

 behold the spinsters, the maiden aunts, the prudes and cranks who 

 never satisfactorily adapt themselves in society. To them must 

 be given a good deal of credit for the suffrage revolution. These 

 unadapted adrenals, as we may call them, once sowed the seeds, 

 expending their masculinism in the struggles of the pioneers' 

 martyrdoms, preparing the harvest their sisters, the more ade- 

 quate adrenal types, will now reap. The unadapted adrenals of 

 today will have to look for new worlds to conquer. 



So much for the compensated adrenal types. They are the 

 good workers, the efficients, the kinetic successes of the driven 

 world. They make, at a certain level, good slave drivers be- 

 cause they feel within themselves a driving force. But suppose 

 the adrenal type becomes uncompensated, or perhaps is inade- 

 quate to the demands of life to start with. Then the story be- 

 comes different. The perfect efficient superman of business or 

 profession begins to lag. Though he is himself in the morning, 

 he begins to lag in the afternoon. That is when he tires. In 

 the evening he is all in. More sleep, recreational trips, vacations 

 slip into the rank of necessities, whereas previously they had 

 been laughed at as luxuries. More minute or large moles emerge 

 in the skin, especially if the individual is of a fair type. If a 

 strenuous effort is not made to give the adrenals an opportunity 

 to recuperate, or if adjustment on the part of the other glands 





