GLANDS CONTROL OUR DESTINY

Evening Star, Issue 22365, 15 June 1936, Page 7

GLANDS CONTROL OUR DESTINY

EFFECTS ON PERSONALITY Twelve little glands control your destiny. They determine your hair, eyes, teeth, colour, skin, and skeleton, as well as your intellect, emotions, moods, temper, and instincts, says an English writer. These “ endocrine ” glands all have the power of taking certain materials from the blood and using them to manufacture special fluids called hormones, which are then released into the

blood stream to mould your life. The human race is divided into five types, every type dominated by one kind or gland. ... mi i. 1. Thyroid personalities: The tnyraid gland causes a slight swelling oa either side of the Adam’s apple. It consists of two lateral lobes connected by an isthmus, and-weighs-about one ounce. A shortage of three and a-halt grains in the thyroid secretion makes all the difference between intelligence and idiocy. Fortunately thyroid deficiency can be made good. People with plenty of thyroid are essentially feminine or masculine. _ Their love affairs are many, and continue into adiaucing vears." they stay young and are untroubled by middle-aged spread. On the other hand, the thyroid deficient is a martyr to disease, premature old age, and adiposity. • • rr , -j. - 2. -Pituitary personalities: The pituitary gland lies in a small pit at the base of the brain. It is responsible for growth. Giants and dwarfs ar© cursed respectively with over and under active pituitary glands. Pituitary personaliaits are • aggressive, precocious, calculating, and self-contained. They often have brilliant ideas. People lack* ing in pituitary are-small, lack stamina, self-control. 3. Adrenal personalities. The two adrenal glands are about the size of beans, and are situated one above each kidney. They are the glands of emergency which strengthen us to meet a; sudden shock. The typical adrenal personality is small, hairy, and successful in practical affairs. Adrenal women, are often brunettes who tend to develop masculine qualities, including a small moustache. Neurasthenia and certain forms of shell-shock are due to adrenal troubles. Adrenal glands prepare men to fight with their bodies,but usually in modern warfare they can only sit and wait. Pent-up emotions find no outlet,' and mental breakdown follows. ' \ . 4. Sex gland personalities; Sex o-lands have more varied functions than most people think. They give a man his drive and courage, and a woman her feminine qualities. 5. Thymus personalities: The thymus is a gland situated in the chest. It has been established that it is essential to noral growh and mental development, and is supposed to be th® dominant gland of childhood. In later years it ought to taae away. Men who suffer from thymus domination are feminine in appearance, their cheeks ar® smooth, and their tastes artistic. Other endocrine glands are the four parathyroids, situated near the thyroid, and concerned with the retention of lime salts in the body. Lack of lime salts brings rickets. The pea-sized pineal gland is situated in the brain, and is believed to be prominent during adolescence.

All these glands play their part in making up your endocrine pattern. Tha relative importance of their parts la determined by heredity, diet, climate* soil, and water.