NEW VIEW OF HEROES

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11280, 9 August 1930, Page 5

NEW VIEW OF HEROES

SIAIPLY PEOPLE WITH ENLARGED ARDENAJ, GLANDS

DRUG CAN BE INJECTED

SCIENTIST'S DISCOVERY

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LONDON, August, 7

Heroes are simply people with' enlarged adrenal glands, according to Airs. Al. G. Adams, lecturer on biology at- Cambridge University. She told a Combridge summer school that it had been found that when a man distinguished himself in the face of danger he was under the influence of a substance called adrenalin, which flowed from the adrenal gland, into the blood.

“AYe found when a cat arched its back, and spat fire, in the presence of a dog it was due to the presence of this substance. If adrenalin is injected into the blood of a cat purring beside a fire the effect would be the same as if a dog arrived. Adrenalin can be manufactured in the laboratory by the distillation of coal tar, so now we know what heroes are made of.”;