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CHAPTER III 



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The Cretinic Degeneration I54~ J 73 



1. Goiter 155 



2. Goiter-Jieart 156 



3. Endemic Cretinism 158 



Symptomatology . 158 



Endemic Mutism 161 



Treatment 165 



Pathogenesis 169 



Differential Diagnosis 171 



Addendum 172 



Diseases of the Parathyroid Glands 1 74-222 



Anatomy 174 



Embryology 175 



Historical 176 



(a) Aparathyrosis or Hypoparathyrosis, Tetany 177 



Definition 177 



Symptomatology 177 



Pathogenesis of Tetany 200 



Forms of Tetany and Pathological Anatomy 207 



1. The Para thy roprivic or Traumatic Tetany 207 



2. Tetany in Diseases of the Thyroid Gland 209 



3. Tetany in Infectious Diseases and Intoxications 209 



4. Idiopathic Tetany (Occupation Tetany) 210 



5. The Tetany of Children 212 



6. The Tetany of Maternity 213 



7. Tetany in Gastrointestinal Diseases 214 



Differential Diagnosis 216 



Prognosis and Treatment 218 



(b) Condition of Hyperfunction of the Parathyroid Glands 220 



Addendum 221 



CHAPTER V 



Diseases of the Thymus Gland 223-230 



Anatomy and Embryology 223 



Physiology 223 



Pathology and Semiology 225 



Addendum 229 



CHAPTER VI 



Diseases of the Hypophysis 231-328 



Anatomy and Embryology . 231 



(a) Acromegaly 235 



Definition 235 



Occurrence and Symptomatology 235 



Pathological Anatomy 267 



Pathogenesis 269 



Early Acromegaly " 277 



Differential Diagnosis 280 



Treatment . .... 281 



(b) Hypophysial Dystrophy . 282 



Historical 282 



