Evening star. [volume], May 04, 1937, Page A-6, Image 6

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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TO BE EXHIBITED
Display Being Arranged
Scientific Assembly Open
ing Tomorrow.
Some of nature's meanest tricks on
folks living in Washington and vi
cinity will be shown in an exhibit be
ing arranged for the annual scientific
assembly of the Medical Society of
the District of Columbia, which opens
tomorrow.
They are the disbalances of secre
tions from the endocrine glands which
result in dwarfs, bearded women,
adult “Infants” and extremely fat
persons. The exhibit is being ar
ranged by Drs, J. Kotz, Elizabeth Par
ker, Harry S. Douglas and B. W.
Richwine, all associated with the
endocrine clinic of George Washing
ton University, where some notable
advances have been made in the past
few years in the treatment of such
cases.
Duplicates of practically all the
pitiful cases of the circus side shows
have passed through the clinic, and
in many instances have been material
ly helped. The exhibit will be devoted
mainly to those deficiencies in en
docrine secretion which result in
changes in body form, especially the
pathological "fatnesses.”
Cases of Dwarfism.
Three cases of dwarfism, resulting
from different causes, will be included.
One resulted from a deficiency in
thyroid secretion. It is that of a 19
year-old girl, 4 feet tail and with the
mentality of a 2-year-old. In this
case the stunting is general. A sec
ond is the case of achondroplastic
dwarfism, the type usually found in
circuses. The cause is not exactly
known, but is believed to be a defi
ciency of some one of the pituitary
hormones. The growth of this girl,
who is of normal mentality, was en
tirely regular except in one respect—
thS long bones of the body. Thus, she
Is left with extremely short arms and
legs.
Anotner case is tnat of the adult
infant, a girl of 22, normal mentally,
though physically she has never
passed early childhood. She is only
4 feet tall. She looks like a big doll.
The voice and the body form have
never undergone the changes asso
ciated with adolescence. This condi
tion is believed to be due to a defi
ciency in the secretion of the anterior
pituitary in early life.
Still another case is that of the
woman who must shave every day.
The cause of this is not precisely un
derstood, but is believed to be due
to some disfunction of the secretions
from either the adrenal glands or the
ovaries.
Treatment of Fat Persons.
Some of the best results from treat
ment have been obtained in the cases
of abnormally fat persons. Extreme
fleshiness may result from under
secretion of the thyroid, the pituitary
or the sex glands. Each results in a
different type of fatness.
The exhibits being arranged for the
assembly include demonstrations of
the use of some of the newest devices
in medicine and surgery and of patho
logical conditions found in local hos
pitals. They will be accompanied by
For Her Ear Alone
In Spring a young bear's fancy, too, apparently turns to '
thoughts of romance—and just like other young people, he finds
a swimming pool just the place for courtship. Of course, this
may be just a “Spring cleaning” at the Washington Zoo. How
ever, Buddy Bruin seems to have made his romantic choice
and doesn’t care if the roorld knows it. —A. P. Photo.
a two-day program of scientific papers
for the physicians of Washington and
nearby States. A meeting for the
public will be held Wednesday night
at which Dr. Howard W. Haggard of
Yale University will speak on “Medi
cine and the Public.” Dr. Haggard has
a national reputation as a speaker
on medical topics to lay audiences.
Fish Caught in Road.
S. W. Barrett, a coffee merchant in
the "Mountains of the Moon" district
of Uganda, had a pleasant and un
expected addition to his breakfast re
cently, he told friends he visited in
Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. One of his
native employes asked him if he had
dropped any fish in the road. He
said "No,” and explained that there
could be no fish there because the
nearest lake was 80 miles away. But
40 yards from his kitchen he found
two fish, weighing 3 pounds. Although
battered, they were fresh. During a
storm a waterspout on Lake Alberta
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AUTO INSPECTION
IN DISTRICT URGED
Michigan Park Citizens Favor
Compulsory Tests Upon Semi
Annual Basis.
Approval of compulsory semi-an
nual inspection of automobiles in the
District was voted at the final meet
ing of the season of the Michigan
Park Citizens’ Association last night
in the Bunker Hill School. It was felt
that such a requirement is necessary
“to relieve unsafe driving conditions,”
according to President John J. Hurley.
A reiterative stand was taken to
change recent bus rerouting from
Tenth to Ninth back to Tenth street.
Incidents where residents of the com
munity have been “unpleasantly ap
proached" by "panhandlers” and “af
fronting people" in the lower Ninth
street area were cited, as well as
traffic elays from ”5 to 15 minutes
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larger accommodations are needed,
since the present school enrolls 110
pupils totaling nine separate classes,
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that the building is 32 years old,
“hence not up to the standards of
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A vote was made advocating elimi
nation of all commercial zoning regu
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Randolph street and Bunker Hill
road northeast.
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ART MUSEUM PROBLEMS
Will Be Discussed at Sessions
Opening Friday.
Problems of museum administration
will be discussed at the two-day ses
sion of the Association of Art Museum
Directors, opening Friday.
Headquarters will be at the May
flower Hotel, but all sessions will be
In the Corcoran Art Gallery.
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