IODINE THEORY.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18626, 26 February 1926, Page 15

IODINE THEORY.

Ws® PREVENTION, OF RESEARCH, fc pSAGhW INTERVIEWED, &' ill "the g<»' r ? r '™ s - : u . Iffiw" oi ul v 1S n * uch £ure? ' l fcis ft biigW thought by Jk. ||pjL a Bal»ef MeLaglan, Schools' SjgSi'fl'ijfcer, who firmly believes IKaipS (which is contained in seaHb lwg e qwUttert ha?s g . reat Hfc'i. a preventive against goitre. KLfc IS ** tntfljview, with a re- ° f " Tlie press " veste ?- a cautious use of Wffia * B" nute quantity of iodine. KM*') theoretically, for the presmMs & oltle> in * norma * thyroid, fjfygil estimate being three to live WwTswt>'' she said. '%et no flflin blindly to the iodine bottle l||j|gij& 2 t jn teaspoonfuls thrice a proceeding may bring ffimufagts, or, on the other hand, MfißSSr be-very serious ones. Wfißmfobfi* of iodine will prevent, IfliPffli individuals with norma! §sS&'BB4 jn nurnber|ess of llljl tfyK>l4§ in children have illlxid. In no case of the several ij||ijS observed by me has harni Silaraoße. Yet this is not true of K («th diseased thyroids, and llllbnld take iodine in any other ||KJp iodi&ed salt, only under the a physician."

Hoped For. i'tfn introducing iodine treatment '■j&Tflbodls or in advising the use pf SpFwlli JF« (* re i boping *P. prevent [S&eGRrrWi not to cure it, though in many capes. When I «&&?* kjrtady present, especially if •%%lu)btA t iodine may do little >*& JSjddlMged women with large? rSWft specially cystic goitres—'&p fend to enlarge rapidly when '«i&tfrs k between 40 and 50 years • Ao*, «re not likely to get much fMpwfalW ladine, for iodine cannot f anyone who has nervous ij&frflrtW jfgsapiated with goitre Aretil &W iodine (op any patent 'Srisn) enly under medical super, * * ttm i'y * s n S iodised 'jjEwf fhildrep fehould not take i|jisisfotß at school as well." 9* ■»«»' Water. McLaglan outlined other ijfflaik what caused goitre. She Wffle unknown reason, WWlKgdl $ e e^r 'y Greeks, goitre mMjs%m to be caused by BomegMvß t£e water, 'particularly in, HMpJlf gkcial water. Many able Klpbfat&'out what was in the water Kf§H <&tp goitre.' Until very re«»|'tne two ipwt favoured theories it was due to lime or HnPhtttfff W that it was due to a B«iMißJtCTohe inhabiting the int&s- - into water through

Bay theory had Iwen put forward Eafeftft WM W% due to anything BKgto in the water, but to the BBp tamethim which was not in Htr, or tH» soil, or the foodwßS'irn from that spil and water, EKiof wpenments with iodjne were g» !!!»,?«»» ihey were brought to ■FtiflfcJfl&'ly I>r. (now Prolsasw) pens, ftH4 W i3w?[ Wepft fraught fth hoipfi, fer % jjinity yke oura, w& immediatdy fcan to work oa lh« problem," b|» Itinned,' (, A W¥ pstioal wirvey of goitre lneideneo in itterbijry. At fie end of that gurwere convfoeed. we h»d pisiWß »T«fy of tN causam,M endewfo goitre, tha my.of iedfpe dafleiesioy.

, Results of Research. Htrft oceurfe4 in Canterbury reJBS whether the «tfater used confcHm }$ facing degrees pf gH, }&« the, ftftesian wafer™-er ip'it *a# rtin w»>tet ,or glaeiai sfiuter. We found, additiwlesn-. Hta of the iodine dejejenoy &J[&t Jrjefctfccpte, and &44Q 25 per cent, h>wgr pcidewje sh*n the rest of Cani ffij. These, three district hjye %mn urafcej, supply drawn from Wok « #& gdra ©f the Estuary, <shs tif &he neater showed traew lyw'ißg $ slight admixture of »W an j!Uh!a of iodine and *wy the minute quantity of ! « tins small quantity of sea j Wttsxliro. had been enough to * •» JtfdJße Jnto qur system as jpS'i *»qti aot egtireiy Uqm veg- « m |et, o? eourpe, game in vm t >m ««Ss» b«t again the anli29 lßli . 8 6tl Mine unless froav W'W»r containing it, or from wpn end vegetation can get it Sg-jthe soil. Again, iodine salts ™«[ ely soluble, an d in tho Can« [P/J&pi* the iodine salts are dis*.pM and washed to the sea. %ftt of Auckland »nd "gg-'awst of the thickly sopu* gS» oi ,V(} W Zealand are 9B"s«di" 32P ,l, i rin S« wants, ™*t ead run up river valleys, 9* asu&ijy fertile agricultural fWI tea low in iodine and high Canterbury Plains are PH-«*i*fch, Of gravels, gwenvlshja reputation of snow BW*"«9r-jip fa csijqfttjqn of sr*Wily explained; In the first JJ* «oftdeased from the atmoagft* *lwire sea-level, and so con®W«lW| of palte, It alpo/ runs ffl* BJMod teßtead of through it, iodine." Stfttlstla, aW HelUglan gave what she ga** vw estamples ol the n> ■Srft■*■#*• to tbe incidence |S#|?6'S!»id: "The wbple of i S'*S** J K«y«Jd with 13 parts of * r.B^t r e percentage qf fejffi*g# with S to 0 parts of B2S»?'.WF cent. • Taranoki and KiEjS|>wth as Mercer), with JigESy* °f iodiae. i per cent.;, wSra»W .ftktw district with WcaE^'®™ 5 ** per cetit. of aaKS? VnribA the follow. tbe result of tho ™ an terbury Jjwmf?.- Vfftxme, Wv Wll ' Ui 17,6 3S 'i evident that whedeficiency was the it played BBHSv ■ r McLa s^