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MYXCEDEMA 



And far more has been achieved than the cure of 

 myxcedema. Even if the discovery stopped here, 

 it would still be a miracle that little bottles of 

 tabloids should bring men and women back from 

 myxcedema to what they were before they became 

 thick-witted, slow, changed almost past recognition, 

 drifting toward idiocy. But it does not stop here. 

 The same treatment has given good results in 

 countless cases of sporadic cretinism, restoring 

 growth of body and of mind to children that were 

 hopelessly imbecile. It is of great value also for 

 certain diseases of the skin. Moreover, physiology 

 has gained knowledge of the purpose of the thyroid 

 gland, and a clearer insight into the facts relating 

 to internal secretion. 



Myxcedema is but one instance how the treat- 

 ment of disease must have the help of experiments 

 on animals. Those who oppose all such experi- 

 ments, now that they have faced or outfaced the 

 facts about myxcedema, must face the facts about 

 cancer. What do they wish to see done ? They 

 are absolutely ignorant of the elementary facts 

 about the disease : will they advise the experts 

 what line to follow? 



