The Detroit times., 1911-09-27
GRAvEYARDs CAN'T
FATTEN ON GO|TRE
ANY MORE
--DR- CHARLES MAYO.
Former scourgs Robbed Of Much ef
It's Terror by Advance in Surgical
Science, Famous Surgeon Tells
Michigan Medical Society.
Paranoia Discussed By Dr. 9. ,.
Burr, Of Flint-says Guitsau
shouldn't Have Been Hanged.


No longer do the graveyards fatfen
on victims OF goitre. The disease has
been practically mastered by the med
icai profession. according TO Dr.
Charles H. Mayo. the eminent Roches-
Ter. Mimi, surgeon. who Is 9 guest 81
the Michigan State Medical society.
which opened its forty-sixth annual
meeting IN the convention hall OF the
Hotel Pontchartrain, wednesday
morning. DIR. Mayo gave an address
on "Goitre" and In the course Of Il
impaired to the public some BIZ
chunks OF comfort.
Il have half graveyard fiiIed with
goitre patients" said DR.. Mayo. -and
! am sure could cure them II had
them with me today, I say that be-
cause we know more now than We ala
years ago. There In now little, II any.
excuse for losing q patient with .
goitre. Nowadays nearly 100 per cent
OF the cases treated correctly and
operated on recover"
DR.. Mayor started his address By
explaining the conditions which bring
about goitre and ke@manner In which
II should be treated. He dwelt at
length on the development Of the thy
roid gland, which IL the favorite
stamping ground for goitre. This
gland, he said. lends itself readily 70
an operation, being made by nature
six times the size necessary for II 70
perform It's regular functions.
I'VE can get along very nicely"
said the doctor. with the thyroid
| gland Just one-sixth It's natural size.
Therefore, there is much latitude for
operating In cases Of advanced goit-
re. Formerly we didn't know thar
the gland was as large az II n, and
we were afraid to operate. Now,
however, we have become more IA
miliar with conditions and we are
able to operate with less timidity. AZ
a matter OF fact, there IN no reason
on earth why any physician shouldn't
1 operate for the removal OF goitre.
for, the longer 1t is left untouched
the more danger there 10 to the pa
tient and the more II win grow
DR.. Mayo told HIS audience that the
enlargement OF the thyroid gland
| should be treated incidentally In the
early stages, and that with proper
treatment the swelling would gener-
ally disappear.
Speaking OF the causes Of goitre.
DR.. Mayo said that sometimes II was
attributed to shock. In this theory,
he didn't take much stock. He said
that he had heard Of one goitre start
ing TO grow on woman's thyroid
gland In consequence OF her husband
coming home drunk and subJecting
her to a profound shock. In this In
stance he believed there must have
been some pathological disorder; 9TH
/ n TT ~. ~ J.
the goitre would fpve resulted
In the course of his remarks. DR..
Mayo used stereopticon pictures. IL
| lustrating the different forms Of goi-
tire and their manner Of developing.
The large gathering of doctors gave
him an ovation when he concluded.
In his Introductory remarks, DR..
MAYO complimented the Michigan
Medical society on It's support OF the
medical department OF the Michigan
University, saying It was one OF the
foremost medical schools In the coun-
try.
president Burr, OF the society. drew
forth a storm Of applause when No
suggested that the society draft a res
olution. expressing to President Tart
the thanks and satisfaction OF the or
ganization In his upholding OF Dr. WI
! lev in connection with the attack
made on the latter.
In a report read by DR.. II. O. Walk
or. Il was shown that the Michigan
| Medical Society, organized in 1856
with about so members. now has an
enrolment OF 2,O9S.
The ladies who are attending the
convention were given an automobile
ride about the city. Wednesday after
| noon.
In the absence OF Mayor Thompson,
Assistant Corporation Counsel Pen
niman delivered an address OF wei
come.
Talks on Paranola.
DIR. c. B. Burr. OF Flint, Mich. pres
ident of the association. In a paper On
aParanoia." made some interesting OBJ
seryations. declaring. among other
| things. that the hanging OF the MUIR
derer Of President Garfield was . mis-
carriage OF justice and intimating that
the assassin was paronoiac ana
should have been saved from the
death penalty.
sParanoia." said DIR. Burr. 'is q nom
dementing form OF disease OF SLOW and
| insidious development. II 10 out
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