EVALUATION OF THE SEVERAL METHODS FOR TREATING GRAVES' DISEASE AVAILABLE TODAY
Authors: J H MEANS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Article1 September 1946EVALUATION OF THE SEVERAL METHODS FOR TREATING GRAVES' DISEASE AVAILABLE TODAYJ. H. MEANS, M.D., F.A.C.P.J. H. MEANS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-25-3-403 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe proof of the pudding is the eating, and similarly the proof of the treatment of any disease lies in the practice thereof, and that for a sufficient length of time and under adequately controlled circumstances. Forms of therapy ultimately survive or disappear in accordance with the impression they make on dispassionate, yet qualified observers. Time is a requisite in their appraisal.The inventors of new remedies may often be classified as qualified, but not always as dispassionate. Since they are human, like the rest of us, complete objectivity with regard to their inventions is perhaps more than we have...Bibliography1. KOCHER T: Ueber Jodbasedow, Arch. f. klin. Chir., 1910, xcii, 1166. Google Scholar2. PLUMMER HS: Results of administering iodine in patients having exophthalmic goiter, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1923, lxxx, 1955. Google Scholar3. MEANS JH: Hyperophthalmopathic Graves' disease, Ann. Int. Med., 1945, xxiii, 779. Google Scholar4. MEANS JH: How we have treated Graves' disease during a quarter century, Virginia Med. Monthly, 1942, lxix, 535. Google Scholar5. MEANSAUB JHJC: The basal metabolism in exophthalmic goiter, Arch. Int. Med., 1919, xxiv, 645. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. MEANSHOLMES JHGW: Further observations on the roentgen-ray treatment of toxic goiter, Arch. Int. Med., 1923, xxxi, 303. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. MOORESWEENEYCOPERAWSONMEANS FDDNORWJH: The use of thiouracil in the preparation of patients with hyperthyroidism for thyroidectomy, Ann. Surg., 1944, cxx, 152. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. LAHEYBARTELSWARRENMEISSNER FHECSWA: Thiouracil—its use in the preoperative treatment of severe hyperthyroidism, Surg., Gynec. and Obst., 1945, lxxxi, 425. Google Scholar9. RAWSONMOOREPEACOCKMEANSCOPERIDDELL RWFDWJHOCB: Effect of iodine on the thyroid gland in Graves' disease when given in conjunction with thiouracil—a two-action theory of iodine, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1945, xxiv, 869. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. RIKERWESCOE WFWC: The pharmacology and therapeutic application of anti-thyroid compounds, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1945, ccx, 665. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. MOORE FD: Toxic manifestations of thiouracil therapy—a coöperative study, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1946, cxxx, 315. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. VAN WINKLEHARDYHAZELHINESNEWCOMERSHARPSISK WSMGRDCHSEAWN: The clinical toxicity of thiouracil. A survey of 5745 cases, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1946, cxxx, 343. Google Scholar13. WILLIAMS RH: Thiouracil treatment of thyrotoxicosis. I. Results of prolonged treatment, Jr. Clin. Endocrinol., 1946, vi, 1. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. WILLIAMSCLUTEANGLEMKENNEY RHHMTFR: Thiouracil treatment of thyrotoxicosis. II. Toxic reactions, Jr. Clin. Endocrinol., 1946, vi, 23. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. ASTWOOD EB: Personal Communication, 1944. Google Scholar16. HERTZROBERTSEVANS SARD: Radio-active iodine as an indicator in the study of thyroid physiology, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1938, xxviii, 510-513. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. HERTZROBERTS SA: Application of radio-active iodine in therapy of Graves' disease, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1942, xxi, 624. Google Scholar18. HAMILTONLAURENCE JGJH: Recent clinical developments in the therapeutic application of radio-phosphorus and radio-iodine, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1942, xxi, 624. Google Scholar19. HERTZROBERTS SA: The use of radio-active iodine therapy in hyperthyroidism, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1946, cxxxi, 81. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20. CHAPMANEVANS EMRD: The treatment of hyperthyroidism with radio-active iodine, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1946, cxxxi, 86. CrossrefGoogle Scholar21. BORAK J: Die Behandlung von Hyperthyreosen durch Röntgenbestrahlung der Hypophyse, Strahlentherapie, 1935, liii, 73-89. Google Scholar22. THOMPSONTHOMPSON WOPK: Treatment of toxic goiter by irradiation of the pituitary, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1944, xxiii, 951. Google Scholar23. MCCULLAGH EP: Personal communication, 1946. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: J. H. MEANS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Read at the Philadelphia meeting of the American College of Physicians.From the Thyroid Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHighlights in Medical OphthalmologyExophthalmosThis Month in Medicine 1 September 1946Volume 25, Issue 3 Page: 403-411 Keywords Eating Hospitals Thyroid ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1946 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright, 1946, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...