The Historical Development of the Present Conception of Cardiac Conditions in Exophthalmic Goiter
Authors: A. Morris Ginsberg
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1931)

Article1 October 1931The Historical Development of the Present Conception of Cardiac Conditions in Exophthalmic GoiterA. MORRIS GINSBERG, A.B., M.D., F.A.C.P.A. MORRIS GINSBERG, A.B., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-4-505 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAllow your imagination to wander back five hundred years and picture a medieval castle upon a mountain top. Note how it stands majestically, a towering and commanding edifice. You might compare this castle to the thyroid gland, standing as it does at the top of human emotions and commanding its every act. It is then, and then only, that you are able to appreciate this small but "mighty" organ whose symptoms are expressed in practically every tissue in the body. 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