ADDENDUM i$ I 



Rochester, Minn., during the first ten months of 1911, the mortality was i 

 per cent. 



Halsted in his recent article on thymectomy as a surgical procedure in 

 the treatment of Basedow's disease publishes the following instructive table, 

 which he in turn has copied from Klose (Die Basedowsche Krankheit, Ergebn. 

 d. inn. Med. u. Kinderh., Band X, 1913). 



RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR BASEDOW'S DISEASE 



Kuttner in a discussion tells of the results of his researches among old 

 subjects of exophthalmic goiter, with results that speak immeasurably in favor 

 of the surgical procedure. He stated that it was especially important to 

 study the remote results of operation in cases of Basedow's disease, and that 

 we should not consider of such vital importance merely the immediate results. 

 Of twenty-one well-marked cases treated conservatively, none had recovered 

 health, nine having been treated for a period of at least fifteen years, 35.7 

 per cent, had died, and only one was able to work. Of the cases of the 

 same series that were operated on only 17.3 per cent, had died, and of those 



