THE INSIDE STORY.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 940, 9 December 1933, Page 27 (Supplement)

THE INSIDE STORY.

Why Napoleon Lost at Waterloo. (Special to the “ Star.”) LONDON, November 2. The possibility of important changes in English history having been caused by impairment of human glands—and the possibility of Napoleon having lost

at Waterloo because of the same failing—are discussed by Dr Ivo Geikie Cobb, author of “The Glands of Destiny ” and other publications on the internal secretions of the body. Dr Cobb has made a close scrutiny of portraits of Henry VIII., and says: “ The general conclusion suggests that at the age of 51 the monarch was suffering from deficiency of the thyroid gland. It is an interesting speculation as to what changes occurred in his mentality as a result. “ It is fair to assume that some of

the alertness and most of the ruthlessness departed; that he was no longer capable of quick decision and speedy action. His last wife in all probability found her husband easier to handle than did her predecessors.” Dr Cobb believes that complete changes of character occurred in other outstanding figures in history because of gland failure. He states: “It has been said that Napoleon would never have lost the Battle of Water!-.*? had his pituitary gland remained unimpaired.’’