Interstate medical journal (1917) (14803637093)
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Identifier: interstatemedica2419unse (find matches)
Title: Interstate medical journal
Year: 1917 (1910s)
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Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: St. Louis, : Interstate Medical Journal
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the National Endowment for the Humanities
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Fig. 1. Fig. 2. Fig. 3. Case I.—Fig. 1, 1910; weight, 240 pounds. Fig. 2, February 15, 1915; weight, 97pounds. Fig. 3, April, 1915; returning to normal.
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thyroid. On looking over the literature regarding toxic symptoms ofthyroid medication, we find a few references concerning accidentaluse of the gland, also experimental results. Klose injected dogs Leonard: Myxedema 1173 with the juice squeezed from goiter taken from patients withexophthalmic goiter. The animals constantly developed a transientsyndrome, with the blood-findings of exophthalmic goiter, and ex-ophthalmos in some instances. Baruch, by injecting ground human goiter material into theperitoneal cavity of dogs, rabbits, and rats, induced a syndromein many instances closely resembling exophthalmic goiter. Notthaft mentions a patient, male, 43 years of age, who, on hisown responsibility, had taken thyroid extract for obesity. Withinfive weeks he took nearly 5,000 grains of the extract. When ex-amined, the patient had marked exophthalmos, with both Stellwagsand Von Graefes signs; the thyroid was enlarged and pulsated,and there was a thrill over it. Tremors were present and the p
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