ll over the world. A great many of these operations will
be unsuccessful because the experience of the operator will not have
taught him what to do under certain unusual conditions, or rather, what
to do under any and all conditions. In the face of an unsuccessful
operation this work will be blamed, and the theory upon which I work,
namely, that the sex-energy is the basis of all human energy, physical
and mental, will be given a setback, and scouted as untrue. But I am
constantly proving its truth by the results I get, and find its
confirmation in the effect of successful goat-gland transplantation in
both men and women. Therefore I am urgent in saying that the work must
be rightly done in the first place to obtain right results.
Briefly, the operation for men means that the glands of a three weeks'
old male goat are laid upon the non-functioning glands of a man, within
twenty minutes of the time they are removed from the goat. In some cases
I open the human gland and lay the tissue of the goat within the human
gland. The scrotum of the man is opened by incision on both sides under
local anesthetic. Conditions of the case may show that there are
adhesions of tissue which must also be broken down before the new gland
can function. I find that after being properly connected these
goat-glands do actually feed, grow into, and become absorbed by the
human glands, and the man is renewed in his physical and mental vigor.
The operation upon women means that the ovaries of a female goat not
more than twelve months of age are removed and inserted into the woman.
If the woman's organs are sound and merely inert and atrophied, the new
ovary will find its way to its proper position and begin the work of
restoring the arrested functions, so that the act of menstruation, for
example, which has ceased because of the atrophic condition of the
woman's ovaries, begins again and continues on a normal twenty-eight day
period. The effect of the new glands upon women is even more noticeable,
if such a thing were possible, than upon men, since in their case the
rejuvenation is more striking in the changed appearance. But though I
claim much, and with good reason, for this operation, I warn against
undue expectations. In many cases I advise against the operation as a
sure waste of time and money. In many cases I explain that the results
will be experimental only, there being nothing in my experience to
warrant assurance of success. For insta
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