A discussion on sporadic cretinism in this country and its treatment / by W. Rushton Parker [and others]. Tendency to bending of the bones in cretins under thyroid treatment / by T. Telford-Smith.

Tendency to bending of the bones in cretins under thyroid treatment.

Crétins & idiots.

London : Printed at the office of the British Medical Association, 1896.

21 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

Cover titles.

This item contains two individual articles. The first one, entitled A discussion on sporadic cretinism in this country and its treatment, took place in the section of diseases of children at the annual meeting of the British Medical Association in Carlisle, July 1896 and consists of 6 parts.

The second article by Telford-Smith, entitled Tendency to bending of the bones in cretins under thyroid treatment, is reprinted from the British Medical Journal, September 12th, 1896.

Spine title: Crétins & idiots.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part I. Lantern exhibition of cretins illustrating the effects of thyroid treatment / W. Rushton Parker. -- Part II. The tyroid treatment of cretinism and imbecility in children / T. Telford-Smith. -- Part III. The variations in, and the limits of, the improvement of cretins at different agges under thyroid treatment / John Thomson. -- Part IV. [Intrauterine cretinism] / Victor Horsley. -- Part V. The etiology of sporadic cretinism / Fletcher Beach. -- Part VI. [Cases of cretinism] / G.E. Shuttleworth. Tendency to bending of the bones in cretins under thyroid treatment / T. Telford-Smith.

This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.