WAR THE HORMONE.
A child grown up or a sleeper awakened—cither simile might express the difference between Britain a year ago and Britain to-day, writes Lord Holder, the eminent physician, in the “Sunday Times.” If I were to talk shop I should liken the country to a patient with myxoedema; from a heavy, slow, dull and apathetic person a course of thyroid feeding converts this “toad-like creature” (as the text-hooks call him) into a lithe, alert and vigorous citizen. War is the hormone which by activating the whole chemistry of the nation, has effected this great change in Britain’s health.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19401030.2.17.1
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 16, 30 October 1940, Page 4
Word Count
100WAR THE HORMONE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 16, 30 October 1940, Page 4
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.