REJUVENATING STOCK.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5299, 13 July 1928, Page 3

REJUVENATING STOCK.

' j —o THE MONKEY GLAND TREATMENT. BRITISH EXPERTS’ VERDICT. The cpnciusious of the British Relegates to Algeria to inquire into the results of Dr. Voroi/off’s experiments are summarised in the “Journal of the Ministry for Agriculture” for April as follows.:— “The claim of Dr. Voronoff to effect rejuvenation of the aged and 1 decrepit male by h’s ; technique is possibly justified, but the evidence is not based on critical experiments. Data on the duration of the graft and its effect upon the animal are at present insufficient to warrant an estimate of bhe economic value. It is an open cities tion whether this method can become of any considerable importance in Great Britain, where alternative methods of extending the usefulness of valuable sires are available.

“Dr. Voronoff’s clajm to .increase the body weight and wool, clip of rams by operating on immature animals is supported by the figures submitted and by the, sheep shown to the delegates ; but the conditions under which the experiments have been conducted, the inadequacy of the data submitted, and the methods of presentation of the data, exclude any possibility of forming, a critical opinion. The direct economic advantages of the operation are negligible.”

The delegates recommended that the technique of Dr. Voronoff should be put to further, and more critical test in Great Britain, under conditions where scientific control could be exercised.