MONKEY GLANDS FOR STOCK.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 4 July 1928, Page 3

MONKEY GLANDS FOR STOCK.

BRITISH EXPERT’S VERDICT. The conclusions of the British delegates to Algeria to inquire into the results of Dr. Y-oronoft’s experiments are summarised, in the “Journal, of the Ministry for Agriculture” for. April, just to hand, as follows: “The claim of Dr. Vorouoff to effect rejuvenation of' the aged and decrepit male by his technique is possibly justified, but the evidence is not based on critical experiments. Data on the duration of the graft- and 1 its effect upon the animal are at present insufficient to warrant an estimate oi the economic value. It is an open question whether this method can become of anv considerable importance in Great Britain, where alternative methods of extending the usefulness of valuable sires are available. - “Dr. Voronoff’s claim to increase the body weight and wool clip of rams by operating on immature animals is supported by the figures submitted and by the sheep shown to the delegates;' but the conditions under which the experiments have been conducted, the inadequacy of the data submitted, arid the methods of presentation of the data exclude any possibility of forming a critical opinion. The direct economic, advantages of tlie operation are negligible.” The delegates recommended that the technique of Dr. Vorouoff should be' put to further and more critical test in Great Britain, under conditions where scientific control could he exercised.