218 THE GLANDS REGULATING PERSONALITY 



eliminated by tuberculosis, meningitis or even one of the common 

 INI of childhood. 



It is after puberty, when the thymus should shrink and pass 

 out of the endocrine concert as a power, that the more complex 

 reactions of personality emerge when the thym and 



refuses to or cannot retire. The persistent thymus always t 

 throws its shadow over" "the entire personality. To what ex ! 

 that shadow spreads depends upon the strength of the other 

 glands of internal secretion, their ability to compensate or to si 

 inhibited. Whether or not the pituitary will be able to enlarge 

 in its bony cradle seems to be the most important factor deter- 

 mining these variations. If there is space for it to grow, at any 

 rate normally, the individual may pass for normal, although 

 he will have difficulties throughout life he may never under- 



;id, particularly in sexual directions. If the pituitary is limi 

 partially or completely, the thymus predominance is more 

 prominent and fixed, and the abnormalities become obvious, both 

 of person and conduct. 



The anatomic architecture of the latter thymo-centric person- 

 ality is fairly typical. The reversion in type of the reproductive 

 organs, the slender waist, the gracefully formed body, the rounded 

 limbs, the long chest and the feminine pelvis strike one at the first 

 glance. The texture of the skin is smooth as a baby's, and BOI 

 times velvety to the touch. Its color in 

 or faintly creamy, or there may be an effect of a filmy sheen <> 

 a florid complexion. Little or no hair on the face contribi. 

 to the general feminine aspect in the more extreme t\ 

 are often double jointed somewhere, flat footed, knot k-kneed. 



In v. eternal manifestations of a thym* 



sonality may be limited to thin 



nan ched thighs and 



scai; . with bi id delayi 'mat ion. Or tl 



. with juvenility, if then I of the 



pituit tion for one reason or other. 



In t ; i the probl * ;. i psychi 



everyday lif< distinctly 



tiscular 



.ok ably fragile 

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 eponding to an emere y handicapped. In 



, they in for DO 



