CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 



GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE ENDOCRINE 

 GLANDS AND THEIR PATHOLOGY. 



P. LEREBOULLET 



I. NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY' 



OF THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS 4 



WHAT ABE THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS FOR 4 



WAYS OF STUDYING AND CLASSIFYING THE PRODUCTS OF INTERNAL 



SECRETION 8 



FUNCTIONAL DISTURBANCES. (INSUFFICIENCY, HYPERFUNCTION, ABERRA- 

 TION OF FUNCTION, FUNCTIONAL GLANDULAR CORROLATION. PART 

 PLAYED BY THE SYMPATHETIC) 16 



II. THE CLINICAL ENDOCRINE SYNDROMES 25 



III. GENERAL THERAPY OF DISEASE OF THE ENDOCRINES 40 



ETIOLOGICAL TREATMENT 42 



SURGICAL TREATMENT 43 



TREATMENT WITH X-RAY : 45 



ORGANO THERAPY 47 



PATHOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS 



P. HARVIER 



I. PATHOLOGY OF THE THYROID 57 



FUNCTIONS OF THE THYROID 57 



I. THYROID INSUFFICIENCY SYNDROMES 60 



ADULT MYXEDEMA 60 



MYXEDEMA IN CHILDHOOD 63 



POST OPERATIVE MYXEDEMA 66 



ENDEMIC MYXEDEMA OR CRETINISM 67 



ABORTIVE MYXEDEMA (CHRONIC MILD HYPOTHYROIDTSM, SLIGHT THYROID IN- 

 SUFFICIENCY) 67 



TREATMENT OF MYXEDEMA AND OF THYROID INSUFFICIENCY 71 



II. THE SYNDROMES OF HYPERFUNCTION OF THE THYROID 75 



EXOPHTHALMIC GOITRE 75 



THE VARIOUS BASEDOW'S DISEASE SYNDROMES 89 



HYPERTHYROIDISM SIMULATING BASEDOW'S DISEASE 91 



TREATMENT OF EXOPHTHALMIC GOITRE AND HYPERTHYROIDISM 92 



THYROID INSTABILITY 96 



ACUTE THYROIDITIS. TUBERCULOSIS AND SYPHILIS OF THE THYROID ... 97 



