er had been watching over her for twelve years, and
on whom the affliction of her daughter had so weighed that she told the
writer she wished God would take one or the other of them, because it
was more than she could bear. This young woman had been confined in the
State Hospital for the Insane, and had been treated by specialists for
many years, without any benefit at all. There was some homicidal mania,
much depression, and attempts at suicide. She could not be left alone in
her room for a moment. But the day after the transplantation of the
glands this young woman embraced her mother, and talked so rationally to
her that she called in Dr. Brinkley, and with tears repeated what her
daughter had just said. Dr. Brinkley advised her that the results were
altogether too sudden to build upon. "There will certainly be ups and
downs yet," he said. "You must expect good days and bad days, when you
will doubt if your daughter is any better. But, to make a normal
recovery, she +ought+ to show an alternation of good and bad days, with
the good days gradually drawing ahead and becoming more frequent and
more marked. I look for her to recover entirely in a year's time, but
she will always retain her sensitiveness and a certain amount of
hysteria, so that things that would not bother you or me will hurt her
grievously. You must be prepared to expect this to happen. But I see no
reason at all why she should not in the near future become a happy wife
and mother." The blessings of this good mother were a reward in
themselves, and were so received by the doctor and his wife. When such
results as this are obtained it becomes very difficult to draw a line
and say, "The goat-glands will do no good here." Physicians of the best
standing had said to this poor mother before she took her daughter to
Kansas, "So you're determined to try the goat-glands? You are wasting
your time and money. Brinkley is nothing but a fake. If there were any
help for your daughter we could cure her. We can do nothing. There is no
help for her!" This was repeated to the writer by the mother, and he
vouches for its truth. Is it not evident that a better understanding of
the goat-gland operation is highly desirable among physicians and
surgeons today?

Quite a frequent style of inquiry from women to the doctor runs like
this: "I am in good health, and in every way normal; age 35. I want to
remain as I am, and grow no older in appearance than I am today. Do you
think