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The Treatment of Myxœdema and Cretinism, being a Review of the Treatment of these Diseases with the Thyroid Gland, with a Table of 100 Published Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Cecil F. Beadles
Cecil F. Beadles*
Affiliation:
Assistant Medical Officer, Colney Hatch Asylum
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For the benefit of those who have not followed the recent discussions I have compiled tables of the cases of myxœdema treated by thyroid injection and feeding that have thus far been published in this country. These, I trust, will be found useful and easy of reference. The main points of each case are arranged under a few convenient headings, viz., the sex and age of the patient, the duration of the disease, the length of time the treatment had been carried out at the time of reporting, the dosage and method of administration employed, the results obtained, and, where such existed, any ill effects that were seen to follow or occur during the course of the treatment. In all there are details of 100 cases shown. A glance at this summary will bring out certain points of interest and importance.

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Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 39 , Issue 167 , October 1893 , pp. 509 - 536
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1893 

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References

Reproductions from photographs of patients who have undergone the thyroid treatment may be found in the following journals:— “Brit. Med. Journ.,” Aug. 27, 1892; Jan. 14, 1893, p. 64; April 8, 1893, pp. 737 and 738. “Glas. Med. Journ.,” Sept., 1892. “Clin. Soc. Trans.,” Vol. xxv., 1892. “Lancet,” May 13, 1893. “Sheffield Med. Journ.,” July, 1893, etc. Google Scholar
I have to acknowledge my indebtedness to Drs. Murray, Davies, and Mackenzie for the use of some excellent photographs showing myxœdematous patients before and after treatment by the thyroid, which were shown at the meeting of the Medico-Psych. Assoc. on May 18th, 1893.Google Scholar
“The Function of the Thyroid Gland: A Critical and Historical Review,” Victor Horsley, “Brit. Med. Journ.,” Jan. 30, 1892, and Virchow's “Festschrift,” 1891.Google Scholar
Discussion on Myxœdema at the Edinburgh Medico-Chirurgical Society, Feb. 15 and 16, 1893. See “Edinburgh Medical Journal,” May, 1893.Google Scholar
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“The Treatment of Myxœdema and Cretinism,” Dr. Geo. Murray, “Lancet,” May 13, 1893.Google Scholar
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