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.7. Aves 



CONTENTS 



PAGES 



260 

 262 



8. Mammalia 



(a) General 



(6) Man . 



(c) Monkey , 



(e) Cat . 



(/) Rabbit . . 

 ( f/ ) Guinea-pig . 

 (/,) Rat . . 



(i) Wolf and badger. 



(?) Pig 



(ft) Hone . . -268 



(i) Sheep and goat . 



C. Histology of the thyroid in man and mammals. 



D. The intervesicular cellular tissue of the thyroid 



E. Structure of the parathyroids 



F. Development of the thyroid 



G. Development of the parathyroids and some other branchial cleft 



organs . . . . 279 

 H. Diseases of the thyroid gland ...... 282 



1. Goitre . . . . .... 282 



2. Endemic cretinism ... 



3. Myxoedema 



(a) Symptomology . . 



(6) Morbid anatomy ..... 



(c) Pathogeny . 



4. Cachexia strumipriva .... 



5. Graves' disease ....... 290 



Symptoms 



Pathogeny 291 



Treatment 



6. Other conditions due to thyroid disorder 



" Petite insuffisance thyroidiemie " 



Mongolism ..... 294 



Progeria 294 



Foetal and maternal athyrosis . 

 I. Diseases of the parathyroid glandules ..... 295 



Tetany 295 



I'arulj'sis agitans ........ 296 



Endemic tetany .297 



J. Early views as to the functions of the thyroid .... 297 

 K. Kxtirpation experiments upon mammals .... 300 

 L. The mechanism of the thyroid secretion ..... 307 



M. The chemistry of the thyroid 308 



N. Physiological actions of the thyroid secretion . . . .314 



O. The effects of thyroid gland and preparations made from it, 



upon metabolism ........ 316 



I Transplantation of the thyroid gland . . . . .317 



Q. The relationships between the thyroid gland and the repro- 

 ductive functions . . . . . . . .318 



I: The functions of the thyroid gland . ..... 318 



upon ihr parathyroid L'liiiidul' . 319 



fictions of the parathyroid glandules . . . .323 



