ELIXIR OF SCIENCE.
By the use of thyroid extract a South Lon« . don doctor, who lias made the subject a special study, .hopes completely. to remould i . the forms aiM features of two children .whoH»> he accidentally met in the.street.!! ' The children arc what are khown as cretins/': Cretinism is a condition ,of idiocy Associated : with imperfect development, and deformity of : ; the body. . \'i„. ; "Yes,"' said: tho doctor, referring .to the ;■ ease of tho two children;. "I do not. see why their .■■features': should, not "be ' completely ■■" transformed.. At present they nro pathetteally mis-shapen.. Needless, to say, there is. a great deal of preliminary work before the treatment can be proceeded with.' In the I; must: learn everything of ths iconditions in which the children havo bdea ! ■■- living.. ; ...■-.■■■.,■■
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 434, 17 February 1909, Page 9
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128ELIXIR OF SCIENCE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 434, 17 February 1909, Page 9
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