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certain other Western and Northwestern States, also in Canada. It is said 

 to cause the death of 1,000,000 pigs annually. The affected offspring- 

 are hairless, exhibit myxedema and soft hoofs, have little resistance, and 

 soon die. The disease is prevented by administration of potassium iodid 

 and sheep thyroids. This condition is most prevalent in the spring months 

 as the food is lowest in iodiii during the winter months. 



Fig. 2. Typical cretin. (Courtesy 

 of Drs. Wm. Engelbach and J. L. 

 Tierney. ) 



Fig. 3. The Cretinic Stare. 

 (Courtesy of Drs. Lewellys Barker 

 and H. I. Goldstein.) 



Typical Hypothyroidism in the Young. Cretinism (general descrip- 

 tion). The term cretinism is used to describe the typical development 

 of hypothyroid symptoms in the young whether they appear in athyroid 

 individuals or in those with present but seriously affected thyroid glands. 

 Mental and physical development is at a minimum. 



The cretin's appearance is so utterly repulsive and striking that, once 

 seen, it never escapes the memory. In the case of infants, they indeed 

 resemble, as the older writers are fond of stating, the young of the lower 

 animals. They are stupid sucking idiots with squat, fat bodies and swollen 



