EXPERIENCES IN TREATING TOXIC GOITER IN A LARGE PUBLIC HOSPITAL
Authors: W. O. Thompson, S. G. Taylor, K. A. Meyer, R. W. Mcnealy
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 August 1938EXPERIENCES IN TREATING TOXIC GOITER IN A LARGE PUBLIC HOSPITALW. O. THOMPSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., S. G. TAYLOR III, M.D., K. A. MEYER, M.D., R. W. MCNEALY, M.D.W. O. THOMPSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, S. G. TAYLOR III, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, K. A. MEYER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, R. W. MCNEALY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-2-217 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe treatment of disease in a large public hospital presents unique problems. The Cook County Hospital, in which this study was made, has 3200 beds and its patients represent, for the most part, the poorest element in the city of Chicago. The conditions in the hospital with regard to the staff, interns, nurses, diet and crowding are about the same as in most similar institutions. Disease is seen more in its advanced than in its early stages; and in the case of toxic goiter, a large number of severe cases of long standing are observed in markedly undernourished individuals. It...Bibliography1. THOMPSONTAYLORMEYER WOSGKA: Factors influencing operative mortality in exophthalmic goiter, ANN. INT. MED., 1934, viii, 350. Google Scholar2. THOMPSON WO: Factors of importance in the treatment of exophthalmic goiter, Illinois Med. Jr., 1932, lxii, 520. Google Scholar3. THOMPSONTAYLORMEYER WOSGKA: The relation between the preoperative condition of the patient and operative mortality in exophthalmic goiter, Illinois Med. Jr., 1935, lxvii, 53. Google Scholar4. THOMPSONTHOMPSONCOHEN WOPKAC: The range of effective iodine dosage in exophthalmic goiter. IV. The effect on basal metabolism of the daily administration of about 0.75 mg. of iodine, Arch. Int. Med., 1932, xlix, 199. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. MAYOPLUMMER CHHS: The thyroid gland, 1926, C. V. Mosby Company, St. Louis. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. MALLORYMEANSYOUNG TBJHEL: Exophthalmic goiter and acute rheumatic fever, case no. 15472, New England Jr. Med., 1929, cci, 1056. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Read before the Twenty-Second Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, New York, April 8, 1938.From the Department of Medicine, Rush Medical College of the University of Chicago, the Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, and the Cook County Hospital, Chicago. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byKrankheiten der SchilddrüsePreoperative and postoperative treatment of the toxic thyroidEndocrine Problems in Later LifeDie thyreotoxische Krise, das thyreotoxische Coma 1 August 1938Volume 12, Issue 2Page: 217-231KeywordsDietHospital medicineSurgery ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1938 PDF downloadLoading ...