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ABSTRACT To the Editor:— I have read with interest your editorial of July 14 on cholesterolemia and thyroid disorder.The reader who has not followed the evolution of the subject would doubtless conclude, from what you have written, that the discovery of the relationship between thyroid activity and the cholesterol content of the blood is a very recent one. For this reason it might be of interest to mention that Lande and I pointed out in 1922 (Studies on Blood Lipoids, Arch. Int. Med.30:563 [Nov.] 1922) and supported by extensive protocols the existence of an inverse relationship between thyroid activity and cholesterolemia. In subsequent publications (Thyroid Therapy and Thyroid Tolerance in Chronic Nephrosis, The Journal, Sept. 18, 1926, p. 913; Ueber Diabetes albuminuricus, die sogenannte chronische Nephrose, Arch. f. Verdauungskr.44:31 [Aug.] 1928) I have repeatedly discussed this subject and have utilized the principles involved as an index
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