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INDEX 



Thyroid gland, tests for disorders of, 

 specific ferment test of Abderhalden, 

 in diagnosis of hyperthyroidism, 495. 



therapeutic test with iodine and 



thyroid extract for hyperthryoidism, 

 498. 



in treatment of dystrophia adiposo- 

 genitalis, 911. 



tumors of, adenoma (benign tu- 

 mors), 286. 



carcinoma, 291. 



variations in, 206. 



Thyroid hormone, effect of, 18. 

 Thyroid preparations, absorption and 

 fate of, 85. 



in cretinism, 88. 



changes wrought by, in atrophied 



thyroid gland, 89. 



mental, 89. 



physical, 88. 



dosage, 90, 91. 



in exophthalmic goiter, 94, 



in goiter, 93. 

 dosage, 94. 



in hypothyroidism (myxoedeme 

 fruste), 92. 



dosage, 93. 



effects of, 93. 



in myxedema, 87. 



changes wrought by, 87. 



dosage, 90, 91. 



effect of, on atrophied thyroid 

 gland, 89. 



in obesity, 96. 



pharmacodynamic actions of, 86. 



therapeutic employment of, 87. 

 Thyroid therapy, empiric and sympto- 

 matic, 98. 



in alopecia, 105. 



in affections of the skin, 104. 

 in asthma, 102. 



in blood dyscrasias, 105. 



in constipation, 102. 



in deafness, 102. 



in dementia precox, 101. 



in eczema, 105. 



in enuresis, 102. 



in epilepsy, 101. 



in epistaxis, 105. 



in hemophilia, 105. 



in ichthyosis, 105. 



in infectious diseases, 103. 



in mental diseases, 100. 

 in purpura, 105. 



in scleroderma, 105. 



in syphilis, 103. 



in tetany, 100. 



Thyroid therapy, empiric and sympto- 

 matic, of diseases of the bones 

 (rickets), 99. 



of nephritis, 104. 



of rheumatism (articular and 



muscular), 99. 



psoriasis, 104. 



Thyroid tissue, implantation of, in cre- 

 tinism and myxedema, 91. 



Thyroid transplantation, experiments 

 in, 238. 



in hypothyroidism, 433. 

 Thyroidal secretions, pouring out of 



adrenal secretions and, during surgi- 

 cal shock or under the passion of 

 fear, 55. 



Thyroidectomy, experiments on (with 

 and without parathyroidectomy), 

 584, 585. 



parenchymatous atrophy in the para- 

 thyroids following, 563. 



Thyroidin, chemical nature of, 253. 



isolation of, 253. 



Thyroidism, experimental, Cunning- 

 ham's observations on, 235. 

 Thyroditis, acute, 286. 



chronic, 286. 



simple, 286. 



suppurative, 286. 



tuberculous, 286. 

 Thyroids, accessory, 40. 

 Thyroid-sympathetic relationship, clin- 

 ical significance of, 171. 



Thyroprotein, 253. 

 Thyrotoxicosis, 358. 



distinguished from hypothyroidism, 

 380. 



Thyroxin, absorption and fate of, in 

 intravenous injections, 85. 



action of, 232. 



analysis of, 232. 



analyzed and prepared, Kendall, 84. 



changing of, from one form to an- 

 other, 258. 



chemical properties of, 257. 



connection of, with internal secre- 

 tion of gland, 261. 



discovery of, 84. 



evidence for and against its being 

 the internal secretion of the thyroid, 

 260. 



forms of, 256. 



amino-hydrate, 258. 



changes to open ring form, 256. 



changing from one to another, 



258. 

 enol form, 258. 



