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living, 86.2 per cent, had either entirely recovered or were able to do their 

 work. 



Halsted himself has done about 650 operations in 500 patients with Base- 

 dow's disease. A one-sided lobectomy resulted in an approximate cure in 

 possibly 60 per cent, of the cases. For scientific purposes, to ascertain the 

 role of the thymus in Basedow's disease he recommends primary thymectomy, 

 or secondary thymectomy where both lobes of the thyroid have been 

 removed without proper effect. He states, however, that he is sorely tempted 

 to remove a portion of an enlarged thymus when he meets with it in the 

 course of an operation for Basedow's disease. 



Kendall has recently succeeded in obtaining from the thyroid gland a 

 substance containing 60 per cent, iodine. Apparently it is di-iodo-di- 

 hydroxy-indol and it represents the main physiologic activity of the gland. 



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