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Remarkable Discoveries About a

Glands in the Brain That May

Enable Science Rapidly to Turn

Children Into Men, Chicks Into

Chickens, Calves Into Cows to

Sate War's Appetite for Meat

and Men.

IN one of H. H. Wolls's Imaginative

works. "The Food of the tJods," n?

conceived a magic food which mado

giants of men, animals and vegetables.

Even more remarkable Is a scientific

discovery Just brought to light, the. effect

of which may be not only to supply food

?for the warring nations In a manner

never before conceived, hut may likewise

furnish "made-to-order" men to (111 up

the decimated ranks of the contending

armies!

In a word, this new scientific food elimi

nates youth; or. rather, hastens maturity.

Fond-animals born within the past few

weeks, and which, in the ordinary course

of events, would not be available as food

for European soldiers for many months

to come may, by the application of tho

new discovery, be made available within

pr, many weeks.

While children who ordinarily would

not be old enough to fight for their coun

tr> for ton or fifiecn years may, perhaps,

be developed so expeditiously that they

may take an active part In the war

within a year or two, if the conflict lasts

that lout.

The fond problem Is, of course, one of

the most baffling phases of the great con

flict now raging in Europe. Either side

ma> achieve victory after victory on tho

field of battle, but if the food supply for

the soldiers nt the front or the nation at

large at home runs short, the triumphant

nation will eventually have to sue for

peace. An army is no more efficient than

its commissariat, and a

nation is only as formid

able as its food supply.

For these reasons. It is

believed In some quarters

that the diminution or tho

food supply ft? a result of

the presence nt the front

of inlllionsof men who are.

regularly engaged In farm

lng and other food-supply

pursuits will bring tho

war toan end more speed

ily than any succession of

victories or defeats on tho

field of battle possibly

could.

it must be kept in mind,

too, that after several of

the giant battles wh(,ch >

are certain to be fought In.

the present war and in

vrhlcb the casualties will

undoubtedly mount up In

to the millions have been

waged there may be easily

develop a lack of tigluing

men to continue the Strug

cle

the possibilities of the pineal gland as a

food for mm as well a** nnlmals. ther?

5ppiii5 ro be every reason lo believr that

its remarkable properties are universal in

their effort'.

Strangely enough, when Dr. McL'ord

commenced his experiments it was with

the idea that administration of pineal

Bland to his subjects would result in ar

resting their development because it was

generally believed that ono of (he func

tions of the pineal gland was to control

growth. Indeed, in a number to rases

where unusual precocity was found in in

fants, an autopsy revealed that the only

abnormal condition about the child was a

lack of pineal gland.

The scientist, used 11?> guinea piss, IS

puppies, 14 adult dogs and 10 chicks in

the course of his experiments. Ills gen

eral plan was to feed to v^ry young ani

mals minute quantities of fresh pineal

glands from cattle, keeping careful

records of the changes In weight, elza

and in the case of dogs. Increased men

tality, In contrast with those of other ani

mals maintained under otherwise Identi

cal conditions.

The pineal glandn were obtained partlv

from calves, partly from young adul'n

approximating three yearn, and partly

from the general run of cattle from the

abbatoirs. The glands averaged 2.11

grains in weight. There was a marked

difference in size and shape in the many

thousand glands which made up the bpv

oral pounds which were used In tha

course of the experiments.

The preparation of the glands for food

In view of these con

siderations the scientific:

discovery above refered to,

and which promises to ali

gnment the supply of food

and ruen In a way hitherto

conceived only in fiction,

assumes a practical im

portance which it might

not have attained in time

of peace, although its pos

sibilities from a scientific

standpoint can hardly be

overest i ma ted

The Pineal Gland, Which Is Indicated in

the Above Picture of the Human Brain,

Has Been Found to Develop Growth

Almost Miraculously When Adminis

tered as a Food.

The discovery is based 01 expferlruen s

conducted in connection with the little

gland in the brain known as the pineal

gland. This little organ which is some

times referred to as a vestige of a "third

eye ' and is believed by some to be tho

teat of the suul is possessed of soma

very remarkable properties.

Science has long been engaged in try

ing to ascertain just wuat the functions

ot tins organ, possessed alike by men

and animals, were but nothing very

ill li:ii!< was established until the last f,*w

months when Dr. Carey Pratt McCord. of

Detroit, Mich., a well-known pathologist,

announc <! to ;he American .Medical As

sociation the results of a series of experi

ments lie had conducted upon chickens

and guinea pigs, which revealed tna*.

science may : lortly be able to elirniate

the period of youth altogether in animals

and men; or. In other words, to hasten

maturit} so as to give to a boy of ten

or twelve tho physical and mental proper

ties of a man of twenty-one!

Such seeming miracles a* these have

actually hern performed by Dr. McCord

on chickens and guinea piss, and although

much 6till remains to b* ascertained as to

consisted in rinsing them

free from blood, stripping

tfipin of adherent tissue

and then grinding theni to

a line paste without (Irv

ing The paste is mixed

with sug&r-milk in such

quantity that 1 - grain of

milk-sugar represented 10

nig. pineal tissue. The

mass was made into 'fe

grain tablets and quickly

dried at room temperature.

The first experiment,

which was performed in

anticipation that feeding

would retard development,

was begun on two chicks

incubated In the laborn

tory. Beginning at Hie

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Tha Extraordinary Vivid Picture of War by Emil Halarek, the Famous Hungarian Artist.

VICTIMS OF MOLOCH?Into the Open and Fiery Jaws of a Monster Representing War, Millions of Submissive Slaves Aro

Meekly Advancing1, Accompanied by Ignorant Multitudes and Carrvine- the Produce of Their Lnhnr

acainst 2S6; at tho ond

of i ho ninth week, 89".

grums, as against r.f.O, and

at the ond of the twelfth

week.* 025 grams, as

against 700. In other words

the pineal-fed chick at r.i.v

weeks was very nearly as

large as the control-chick

nt three months!

Tho striking dispropor

tion in size and the mark

ed skeleteai overgrowth

cal overgrowth.

work of life was pelerted nnrt divided into

test and control groups. The tost pUs

wore fed 10 miiigrams veal pineal tissue.

The controls were fed a grain milk

sugar tablet. Other conditions for the

two lots were identical."

Summarizing the results obtained from

r'nis experiment, it appears that the test

pigs were nearly as fully developed at

seven weeks as the control-pigs wero at

ten weeks.

This excess of weight was a symmetri

There was some in

creased adipose tissue

but it was generally

distributed and not

localized in any one

region of tho body.

Similar experiments

were then conducted

on a lot of fourteen

chicks ami eighteen

pups, with equally

satisfactory results,

in the case of the

dogs, particular at

tention was paid to

mental development.

The pineal-fed pup

pies were about a

month ahead of the

others. They were the

first to learn to hip

milk, the first to re

spond 10 a call and

the first to bo able

to find their way back

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In stll! another experiment of th" same

character the development of the pineal

fed pi^s was even more rapid.

l>r. McCord concluded from these ex

periments that administration of "the

minute quantities of pineal tissue from

young animals to young animals stimu

lates rapid growth of the body, but not

beyond normal size." Indication of pre

cocity of mental development wero also

established.

These experiments are particularly

pisrnifleant because they are the first of

their kind, and thoir full possibilities can

only he conjectured at the present time.

As a practical solution of the food

problem, even in their present stage,

these experiments show that chickens

and other food animals may bo rapidly

developed by the administration of pineal

gland from other animals, and, while

scientists will move slowly in applying

similar treatment to human beings, thera

is no reapon to doubt Its efficacy.

Europe's War May Produce a Wadner

THAT one of the results of the groat

war now being waged In Europe

may be the calling forth of a

musical composer whose j?eniu3 will

rival Wagner's, Is the belief of Alexander

Russell, the well known American coin

poser and organist.

"As regards tho possible effect of the

present upheaval on modern composition

in general," says Mr. Russell, "I must

say that I should not be surprised were

l! ultimately to prove for tho best. With

all the technical innovations of the past

few decades a certain stagnation has

been evident since Wagner.

"As it is with ldividuais, so it is with

nations?adversity stimulates certain

deep spiritual elements that might other

wise lie dormant and which eventually

take artistic shape and manifest them

selves grandly and insplringly. Com

position has for some time been untinged

with the profoundest, most vital issues.

"Perchance stirred lo the surface, they

are again to be greatly voiced. A dis

turbed period usually brings out the

musical mouthpiece of its best ideals and

impulses. The seething period of ttie

Wench Revolution and its Immediate

consequences was followed by Beethoven;

the great popular uprising of tho early

and middle nineteenth century were nc

companied by Schumann. Chopin and

Liszt. Wagner was not in any sense a

product of the later part of that cen

tury, but a summary of all that had gone

between It and the Franco-Prussian war,

"So that I should bp in no sense i<ur

prised to nee emerge out of the present

war if it be sufficiently protracted and

deadly-the genius who will carry o;i

the line of succession from Wagner."

Still another effect of the war, accdrd

ing :o Mr, Russell, may be Increased op

portunities for American musicians.

"With this war in active progress," he

pays, "and ?the very plausible impossi

bility of foreign importation.-; of artists

or of new music, opportunity such a3

never before witnessed offer; itself to our

musicians. Their chance has come, it

would seem, both to disclose th< t latent,

powers and to be judged more patiently

and discriminatingly than ever before,

"If the handicap of prejudicial F'u*

ropean competition can be hold off for

an appreciable space of time, and if tho

popular demand for music clamors eager

ly for satisfaction as undoubtedly lit.

will-it seems fairly certain to me thatl

our artists and composers must not only!

bo welcomed by their countrymen with!

more fervor than has hitherto boon the!

ease, but, In tho end, eagerly sought ouL

by those very perrons who formerly!

oither derided their pretentions or dis

trusted their skill, without endeavoring

seriously to acquaint, themselves with

their qualities. This, I should think,

would be a propitious time to scour tho

lleld for undiscovered American talent.

It may be needed next Winter should con

ditions prevent the return of the for

eigners."

Photograph of Two Cliiclcs Each Three Weeks Old, the Larger

One Having Been Fed on Pineal Gland. While the Smaller

Was Maintained Under Identical Conditions, but With

out the Pineal Glnnd Administration*

Another experiment

was conducted on a

group of 48 guinea

pigs divided .into test

and control lots. There

was an equal number

of males and females

in each lot. but the

age of two days one wan fed 10

iniligrammes veal pineal tissue three

times weekly. the other. uRed for

comparison, was fed a blank tablet, i f

milk (sugar.

Here are the actual results obtained in

this experiment: At the end of the third

week the "pmeal-fed" chick , weighed 2l:>

grams, tho control chick. 02 grains; at

the end of the sixth week, 657 graiii.?, as

making the largo chick awkward in his

movements. "declared Dr. McCord. "soon

tnadc these chicks a laboratory curiosity,

but the small number and the different

sex did not justify any inference as to

the Influence of tho pineal feeding. Tho

results, however, were so striking that

at once work was Instituted in a more

extensive way."

"A lot of fifty guinea pigs in the second

mules and females

wore separated. The test-pigs were

fed pint ;il gland when they were two

w ok. ..id, and the diet was continued

l'"r nine weeks. The males and females

wore then placed together in breeding

pens. All except two of the pineal-fed

l ,l's jjivp. birth to young before the first

or" the control, the difference between the

birth of young of the first pineal-fed pig

ai d tii * first control pig beine 14 davs.

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