THE PREVENTION OF SIMPLE GOITER IN MAN

Abstract

In Article I¹ we gave a brief review of the experimental work on which the assertion is based that simple goiter is probably the easiest of all known diseases to prevent. We gave a survey of the incidence and types of thyroid enlargement in the schoolgirls of Akron (Ohio) from the fifth to the twelfth grades, inclusive, and the plan of prevention used. The plan in operation was arranged from the standpoint of simplicity, practicability, economy and the possible scientific value of the data obtained. First, a census of the condition of the thyroid gland was taken of all girls between the fifth and twelfth grades, inclusive, and the findings recorded on individual cards. This card will be used throughout the whole series of observations, the condition of the thyroid noted each year and a record of all treatment kept on the back of the card. It was planned that