INDEX 



979 



Thyroid gland, iodin content of, fac- 

 tors in, age, 250. 



diet, 251. 



seasonal, 250. 



sex, 250. 



relationship between thyroid ac- 

 tivity and, 262. 



table of, 249. 



microscopical appearance of, normal, 

 271. 



morphology of, 205. 

 colloid, 214. 



cells in colloid, 216. 



colloid resorption, 215. 

 iodin content of colloid, 215. 



nervous mechanism of, 231. 



neuromuscular symptoms associated 

 with diseases of, cerebral, 346. 



motor symptoms, 348. 



sensory, 347. 



special senses, 348. 



normal, anatomy of, 270. 



compounds present in, 245. 



definition of, 270. 



elementary composition of, 243. 



halogens in, and bearing of bio- 

 chemistry of, on their presence in 

 gland, 246. 



t iodin combinations in, 252. 



iodin content in, 248. 



microscopical appearance of, 271. 



percentage of iodin in, 246, 247. 



parathyroid, difference between man- 

 ifestations of, 512. 



investigations on, 519. 



resume of, 554. 



pathological, chemistry of, 263. 



pathological anatomy and histology 

 of atrophies, 282. 



colloid glands (goiters), 279. 



complications, cysts, 293. 



hemorrhage, 293. 



consideration of normal thyroid, 



270. 



degenerations, 284. 



developmental defects and an- 

 omalies, 294. 



hypertrophies and hyperplasias, 



272. 



inflammations, 285. 



introduction to, 268. 



- outline of, 267. 



regeneration (compensatory hy- 



perplasia), 278. 



tumors, adenoma, 286. 



carcinoma, 291. 



pharmacology of, chemistry of, 84. 



Thyroid gland, physiology and experi- 

 mental pathology of, earlier theories 

 as to function, 223. 



extirpation experiments upon an- 

 imals, 224. 



introduction to, 223. 



reaction to experimental conditions. 

 220. 



diet, 220. 



gland feeding, 220. 



hygiene, 221. 



inanition, 221. 



temperature, 220. 



regeneration of, histological charac- 

 teristics of, 279. 



hyperplasia, terminology of, 278. 



relation of, to cretinic degeneration, 

 449. 



to growth and development, 182. 



in amphibia, 184. 



in mammals, 183. 



iodin, 187. 



to insanity, 411. 



to iodin metabolism, suggested by 



discovery of iodothyrin in body, 63. 



to metabolism, basal, 476. 



carbohydrate, 491. 



to parathyroids, 239, 506. 



to sexual functions, 239. 



resemblance of, to lung, 269. 



sarcomas of, 292. 



senescence, 23. 



symptoms and signs referable to, in 

 hypothyroidism, 402. 



tests for disorders of, aceto-nitrile 

 test of Reid Hunt, for hyperthyroid- 

 ism, 496. 



Claude, Baudouin and Porak's 



test for hyperthyroidism, 497. 



epinephrin hypersensitiveness 



test (Goetsch) for hyperthyroidism, 

 475, 477. 



epinephrin mydriasis test of 



Loewi for hyperthyroidism, 498. 



functions of thyroid secretion 



forming basis for, 475, 476. 



hyperglycemia test. See Hyper- 



glycemia test. 

 introduction to, 475. 



Marinesco-Roseo complement de- 

 viation test for hyperthyroidism, 

 497. 



metabolic rate test. See Meta- 

 bolic rate test. 



older tests, of historical interest, 



little used, but of confirmatory value, 

 476. 



