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The Soul and its Mechanism - Glands and Human Behavior
5. Pancreas - location, solar plexus region - secretion, insulin. Most of the information given in connection with the pancreas is strictly physiological, and, therefore, out of place here. Suffice it to say, however, that it lies in the abdomen and is close to the solar plexus (which is the brain of the instinctual animal nature) and is closely concerned with the "mobilization of energy for physical and mental purposes. It has two secretions, both insulin, one concerned with the digestive processes and the other known to be vital to the metabolism of sugar. Without sufficient sugar for the cells, no muscle work or nerve work - essentials in the struggle for existence - are possible." - Berman, Louis, M.D., The Glands Regulating Personality, p. 93.
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