Word: dwarfism
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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Mental Deficiency. Conditions of mental retardation, delinquency, dwarfism, gigantism and other defects, were definitely improved by glandular therapy under the oversight of Dr. Burtis B. Breese, Professor of Psychology at the University of Cincinnati, and Dr. Louis Lurie, Director of the Psychopathic Institute of the Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati. Eight children were shown as exhibits. They suffered from deficiency in the pituitary glands, were treated by pituitary extracts. One lad of seven, apparently hopelessly feebleminded, had advanced four school grades in three years. Others, dwarfs and giants, were made to develop properly...