Endocrine Therapeutics Practical Suggestions (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Endocrine Therapeutics Practical SuggestionsOur recently gained knowledge of the endocrine glands, their secretions and their functions, has opened up entirely new vistas of life and its con trolling directing mechanism. This knowledge is, of course, rudimwtary, but already we perceive a new science of therapeutics, physiological and rational in its conceptions and actions this new science fulfils also the original meaning of thera peutic in that it includes the prevention as well as the cure of disease, the way of health, the way of life versus death. Of late years we have been worshipping the power of the will, and have been concentrating perhaps too much on the develop ment of that power often it must be confessed, with happy results. In domg this we have been tempted to neglect the marvellous power and scope of the vegetative system. Our will directs our movements, and to a large extent our thoughts and actions, but the great laboratory work of life, silent and almost unseen, is carried on Outside will and even outside consciousness.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.