Surgery and Pathology of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Surgery and Pathology of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands The great interest that surgeons and pathologists are experiencing in the study and treatment of diseases of the thyroid and parathyroid glands seems to justify the production of the present volume, which has been planned to bring to the practitioner of surgery and medicine the result of a study of the work of those who have given much time to the development of this special field. It also includes the clinical and technical personal experience in the surgical treatment of a large number of patients suffering from diseases of the thyroid gland which have come under the care of the senior author during the past twenty years. It has seemed proper to give special emphasis to details which have practical value in the diagnosis and treatment of exophthalmic goitre, because in this matter this book will probably have its greatest field of usefulness. In the chapter on thyroid pathology the attempt has been made to simplify as much as possible our understanding of goitre. A basis for a clinical and pathological correlation of the symptoms and morphological changes in the thyroid gland in exophthalmic goitre has been offered by Dr. Louis B. Wilson, and we have taken full advantage of his excellent study of the subject. We are also indebted to Dr. Wilson for several illustrations which accompany the text. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.