pituitary is softer and yielding,
so that some enlargement of the gland is possible, especially of the
anterior, there appear rapid growth with a tendency to high blood
pressure, great mental activity associated with frequent and severe
headaches (often of the migraine type), a combination of initiative
and irritability and a marked sexuality. X-ray examination of the
sella turcica shows what is called erosion of the bone as it yields to
the pressure of the growing gland.

The ideal sella turcica for the ideal pituitary type is a large room
in which the gland may grow and reach its maximum size and so its
maximum function, without needing to exert pressure or destroy and
erode bone in front of it, to the side of it or behind it. The
distinctive masculine and feminine types, classed as the normal,
belong to this group. Sometimes, the bone in front of the pituitary
will yield, while the one in the rear will not, and sometimes the
conditions are reversed. Thus we may have ante-pituitary sufficiency
with post-pituitary insufficiency, or ante-pituitary insufficiency
with post-pituitary sufficiency, complexes which contribute to create
the grosser functional hermaphrodite types of mixed sex.

In the average feminine pituitary type of personality, post-pituitary
dominates. In a woman and to a lesser degree in a man, the general
build is slight and rather delicate. The skin is soft, moist, and
hairless, the face is the doll or Dresden China sort, with a roseate
or creamy complexion, flushing easily, eyes large and prominent. The
mouth shows a high arched palate and crowded teeth rather long. The
voice is high-pitched. One recognizes the traditional womanly woman,
petite and chic, who always marries the hero in stories. She is
usually fond of children, easily moved, has a good libido, and the
traditional feminine traits. When unstable, the post-pituitary type is
restless and hyperactive, craves excitement, and continual change of
interest and scene, a new pleasure every moment. A good many of the
women of today, who fifty years ago would have been nice sedate girls
because of their excellent post-pituitary constitution, have
been irritated by the atmosphere of post-1914 into the excess
post-pituitary state, the adventurous never-satiated avid pleasure
hunter, in whom the craving for stimulation will stop at nothing. F.
Scott Fitzgerald portrayed an exquisite specimen of the kind in his
short story "The Jellybean," with a quas