182 GLANDS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 



Psycho-analysis. It would be strange that in 

 the treatment of those most complex of phenomena 

 that group themselves under mental disorders, con- 

 flicts should not arise between the enthusiastic en- 

 docrinologist and the Freudian disciple; the one 

 with his eye to the ductless glands as the source of 

 much evil, and the other with his emphasis on the 

 repression of the emotions. Professor Gushing, in 

 an article on "Psychic disturbances associated with 

 disorders of the ductless glands," leans towards 

 the former school, though he is not blind to the 

 merits of psycho-analysis. He writes : "The vari- 

 ous neuroses (nerve diseases) and asthenias (loss 

 of strength) may result primarily as the result of 

 some disturbance of internal secretion which paves 

 the way for the dreams, symbolisms and other 

 manifestations dissected by the psycho-analyst. 

 ... It is quite probable that the psycho-pathology 

 of every-day life hinges largely upon the effect of 

 ductless gland discharges upon the nervous system. 

 This is particularly worthy of consideration in the 

 study of child psychology in its relation to puberty 

 and adolescence, especially in those individuals in 

 which there is some underlying, possibly inherited, 

 / functional deviation in the chemistry of the inter- 

 nal secretion. . . ." 



Shell-shoclc.-^-This brings us to the last phase 

 of our subject, that of shell-shock. ( The reader is 

 advised to re-read Dr. Crile's views on shock, page 



