Abstract
THE subject of thyrotoxicosis is well fitted to be the basis of a conference, since three broad methods of treatment, medical, surgical and radiological, may justly claim under proper conditions to influence the course of the disease. It is taking a narrow view of the situation to consider these forms of treatment as being in competition with one another. What may be accomplished by each method has its limitations. We are interested in the good of the individual patient, and not in advocating any particular type of treatment. The patient's best interests may demand the use of two, or even all three forms of treatment, which should be looked upon by us as methods supplementing each other, rather than as competitive. Before proceeding with a discussion of these forms of treatment, the term “thyrotoxicosis” needs further definition. “Thyrotoxicosis” I take to be a convenient designation used to describe forms of thyroid disease showing constitutional disturbance, apparently due to a secretion from the thyroi...
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