106 GLANDS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 



Dr. Steinach has not had the same success with 

 females as with males. With females the X-ray 

 method holds out the most hope, but even with this 

 method the results have not been very encouraging. 

 Just why this should be so is not clear. 



Of the cases described, one may be quoted as 

 typical. "He was 71 years of age, controller of a 

 large business. The man was actually ill, and 

 showed the usual signs of old age and decay, such 

 as dizziness, poor breathing, heart weakness, 

 shakiness and intense fatigue. For eight years 

 ambition had been practically non-existent. Some 

 months after the operation there was remarkable 

 evidence that the conditions of senility had been 

 checked. The man's power came back. It is still 

 increasing. We got a letter from him recently 

 (Dec., 1919) in which he told us of the extraor- 

 dinary change that had taken place in his condi- 

 tion. His appetite had come back. His old-time 

 spells of depression had given way to a new joy in 

 life. He had become fresh in looks and elastic in 

 body. His dizziness had gone. His hand had be- 

 come firm again. He specially mentioned the fact 

 that he was again able to think clearly, as in 

 earlier years, and that his memory had greatly 

 improved. Also, that whereas in earlier years he 

 had needed the barber once only in two or three 

 weeks, he now visited his beard-trimmer once a 

 week." 



