pituitary body
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Characters: Adolph Roome III, 14, more than 6 ft. tall, weight 235 lb., overgrown apparently from the disfunction of his pituitary body, a ductless gland which controls growth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tumours of the Pituitary Body or Hypophysis Cerebri.—The tumours most frequently met with in the pituitary body are of the nature of adenoma with hyperplasia and cystic degeneration; carcinoma and sarcoma also occur.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Finally, we may note the pineal gland and the pituitary body, as remarkable appendages above and below the thalamencephalon.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
That means that if you meditate on the pituitary body, just over this part of the tongue, astral sight will be opened.
From An Introduction to Yoga by Besant, Annie Wood
The pineal gland and the pituitary body are adjuncts of the brain whose functions have long been in latency.
From Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance by Sepharial
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