Iodids in Goiter

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To the Editor:—

I read with some interest your answer to the question of the correspondent regarding "Simple Goiter and Its Treatment," published inThe Journal, October 8, p. 1306. I was somewhat surprised that your answer contained a recommendation for the use of iodids in the treatment of simple goiter. Many years ago, I followed out this treatment to some extent without seeing any benefit from it, but I have seen several cases, in both my own and outside practice, in which I believe the iodids converted the simple goiter into exophthalmic goiter. One of these cases, which I saw two years ago, gave such positive evidence of this, that the attending physician who had administered iodids to the patient was convinced of this influence. Strange as it may seem, in the same issue ofThe Journal, p. 1329, in an abstract from theArchiv für klinische Chirurgie, Kocher