HYPERTHYROIDISM IN THE NEGRO
Authors: William B. Porter, Harry Walker
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1937)

Article1 October 1937HYPERTHYROIDISM IN THE NEGROWILLIAM B. PORTER, M.D., F.A.C.P., HARRY WALKER, M.D.WILLIAM B. PORTER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, HARRY WALKER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-4-618 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA review of current literature and monographs which deal with diseases of the thyroid gland gives definitely the impression that hyperthyroidism is uncommon in the negro.1, 2 We have been impressed with the fallacy of this current belief. From the files of the St. Philip Hospital† for negroes we have selected records of 37 patients admitted during the past five years which justify an unequivocal diagnosis of Graves' disease.Twenty-seven of the patients lived in the city of Richmond and the remaining 10 in the adjoining counties; this entire section of Virginia is geographically a tidewater area and is distinctly...Bibliography1. BRAM I: Exophthalmic goiter and its medical treatment, 2nd. Ed., 1936, C. V. Mosby and Co., St. Louis, p. 26. Google Scholar2. COHN I: Thyroid disease in the negro, Southern Surgeon, 1935, iv, 416. Google Scholar3. PORTERSIMONS WBCE: The treatment of bichloride of mercury poisoning, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1934, clxxxviii, 375. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. MARINEBAUMANNCIPRA DEJA: Studies on simple goiter produced by cabbage and other vegetables, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1929, xxvi, 822-824. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. MARINEBAUMANNWEBSTERCIPRA DEJBA: Effects of drying in air on the goiter-producing substance in cabbage, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1930, xxvii, 1025-1026. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. WEBSTERCIPRA BA: Effect of acid and alkaline hydrolysis on the goitrogenic substance contained in cabbage, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1930, xxvii, 1026-1028. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. MARINEBAUMANNWEBSTER DEJB: Occurrence of antigoitrogenic substances in plant juices, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1930, xxvii, 1029-1031. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. MARINEBAUMANNSPENCECIPRA DEJAWA: Further studies on etiology of goiter with particular reference to the action of cyanides, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1932, xxix, 772-775. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. MARINESPENCECIPRA DAWA: Production of goiter and exophthalmos in rabbits by administration of cyanide, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1932, xxix, 822-823. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. SPENCEMARINE AWD: Production of thyroid hyperplasia in rats and mice by administration of methyl cyanide, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1932, xxix, 967-968. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. WEBSTERMARINECIPRA BDA: The occurrence of seasonal variations in the goiter of rabbits produced by feeding cabbage, Jr. Exper. Med., 1931, liii, 81. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. MARINEBAUMANNWEBSTERCIPRA DEJBA: The occurrence of antigoitrous substances in plants, Jr. Exper. Med., 1933, lvii, 121. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. MARINE D: Remarks on the pathogenesis of Graves' disease, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1930, clxxx, 767. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. MARINEROSEN DSH: The exophthalmos of Graves' disease; its experimental production and significance, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1934, clxxxviii, 565. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Richmond, Virginia*Read at the St. Louis meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 21, 1937.From the Hospital Division, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.†St. Philip Hospital, a part of the Hospital Division of the Medical College of Virginia, is for negro patients only.‡These changes occur also in the white race, but are neither so constant nor so evident. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byKrankheiten der Schilddrüse 1 October 1937Volume 11, Issue 4Page: 618-625KeywordsHyperthyroidismRacial and ethnic issuesThyroid ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1937 PDF downloadLoading ...