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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2644, 28 January 1908, Page 7

A discovery of immense importance is the extraordinary role played by the thyroid glands—the little glands which lie .iust in front of the windpipe in the throat. It has long been known that their inflajnation or enlargement was associated with the familiar disease of goitre. More recently it has been found that the complete excision of this gland practically means idiocy, and that, moreover, many form of idiocy are simply the result of the malfunctioning or absence of these little glands. It is so extraordinary as to be almost beyond belief. Nevertheless, the fact is to-day as well established as the circulation of the blood. What is more amazing still, extracts of sheep's thyroid fed to idiotic children very often means a normal mental development. It is one of the most amazing things in all the range of medicine.