CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



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General Part 1-52 



Historical Development and Definition i 



Reciprocal Action of the Ductless Glands 3 



Question of Dysfunction 10 



Influence of the Ductless Glands on the Growth 13 



Influence of the Ductless Glands on the Regulation of Metabolism 16 



Embryology of the Ductless Glandular System 20 



Grouping of the Ductless Glands 22 



Relationship between the Ductless Glandular System and the Nervous System . 23 



A. Influence of the Ductless Glandular System on the Nervous System ... 24 



B. Influence of the Nervous System on the Function of the Ductless Glandu- 



lar System 32 



Influence of the Ductless Glands on the Hematopoietic Apparatus 33 



Pathogenesis and Etiology of the Ductless Glandular Diseases 35 



Relation between Diseases of the Central Nervous System and the Ductless Glandu- 

 lar System 37 



Pluriglandular Disturbances 42 



The Ductless Glands and Constitution '. 45 



Addendum 49 



CHAPTER II 



The Diseases of the Thyroid Gland 53-153 



Anatomy and Embryology 53 



Tumors of the Thyroid Gland 54 



Inflammations of the Thyroid Gland 55 



(a) Morbus BasedowiHyperthyrosis 57 



Historical and Definition 57 



Occurrence and Symptomatology 57 



Pathogenesis 84 



Etiology 93 



Forms of Basedow's Disease 94 



Diagnosis '98 



Prognosis and Treatment 98 



(6) Athyrosis or Hypothyrosis 103 



Historical 103 



1. Myxcedema Adultorum or Cachexia Thyreopriva Adultorum 104 



Definition 104 



Occurrence and Symptomatology 104 



Etiology and Course 117 



Differential Diagnosis 118 



2. Sporadic Cretinism 120 



Definition 120 



Symptomatology 123 



Differential Diagnosis 138 



Treatment of Athyrosis or Hypothyrosis 139 



Addendum 144 



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