Evening star., 1924-05-23
STUDY SHOWS IODINE
WILL BALk GOITER
Research by Doctors in New Zea.
land Confirms Investigations in
United States,
PROBE BRAINS OF LIZARDS
Medical Science Advancing in An.
tipodes, Mayo Says.
Ey Consolidated prsss

by Consofidated Press
ROCHESTER, MINI, May 23.-Back
IN the ages when man was more of
sea animal than "A land creature he
developed an inherent taste for iodine
ana that taste has remained. Take
iodine entirely away and goiter often
ueveiops. That fact has led the Med
ical school of New Zealand into an
experiment that showed the devas-
tating effects iodine will have on
soiter, as confirmation Of findings by
AMERICAN scientists that show the
way to prevent this common glandu-
lar ailment.
,Dr. William ]. Mayosof the Mayo
clinic has just brought back from
.ne Antfpodes the story of the sci
entinc solution of the goiter prob
% oni IN an interesting demonstration
Mnich showed at once the inherent
Iou,he requirement of human beings
ana the manner of relieving those
uvlng In parts of the world where
ioolne is not found.
Found In Certain Areas.
Man, in his his wanderings since
ne took to the land, has settled In
some places where the influence of
the sea has never reached and where
Iodine Is not to be found in the food
OF soil. In such places, including
certain sections of the Great Lakes
area of the United States, Switzer-
land and some parts of New Zealand
So1ter fourishes.
:, Across the Pacific in Christchurch,
new Zealand. city of $4,000 inhabi-
.an.s, on the Canterbury plains,
So1ter was very prevalent A survey
oy the medical school disclosed a high
percentage of school girls suffering
from the ailment, and at the same
time study of soil showed an alb
sence of iodine.
On nnding this condition, the uni
Vers1ty medical school obtained the
consent of the parents of all but five
or the girls suffering from goiter to
attempt an experiment. The girls
were given iodine Systematically, and
IN each case, the goiter disappeared
leaNlng the only girls in the school
with goiter those who did not receive
the treatment.
Must Be Taken in Time.
These. findings confirmed investisa-
tionS or American research workers
and showed the possibility of prevent
ing goiter. provided iodine is admin
1stered before humorous growth is
We'll under way. After the thyroid
gland has become humorous, surgery
DR.. Mayo explains that the study
or goiter is but one of the fields of
medical research in which the young
doctors of New Zealand and Australia
are distinguishing themselves. He
mas told of the discovery of a pallia-
tion Tor certain ailments, nervous in
origin, discovered by young DR.. Hun
ter OF the University of Sydney, and
also has brought word Of a valuable
STUDY or the development of the
brain
Scientists Of Australia and New
Zealand have taken advantage of d
peculiar local condition to conduct in
teresting and valuable investigations
or the early development of the brain.
one or the most battling organs of the
booy Tor medical research.
Brain Specialists study Lizards.
The oldest types of animals in ex-
1stence are found in those two coun-
tries. Among these creatures. extinct
IN every other country, is the tua-
tara, an ancient. liZard-like animal.
Investigations on this creature, with
relation to the nervous system, have
thrown greater light on the evolution
OF the forebrain than study has here
tofore yielded. In the course of it's
development the brain grew upward,
developing frontal lobes at the top,
the seat of consciousness, of thought
Besides their other findings, the
scientists Of these countries have
worked out an accurate diagnosis of
hydatd disease, rare in this coun-
try, but extremely common in the
sheep-grazing sections Of New Zea-
land. Australia and Argentina.
DR.. Mayo, renowned in the Amer
lean medical world, declares that
scientists have failed to realize the
strides being taken by physicians of
the newest part of the world In their
research into scientific subjects. His
reports on Australia and New Zea-
land, he hopes, will bring better
understanding of the extent which
medical research is being carried.