This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

II. THYROID DISEASE

HARRY A. DAVIS, M.D.; FRANZ K. BAUER, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1944;48(3):190-192.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

A considerable diversity of opinion exists regarding the relationship between vitamin B₁ and the function of the thyroid gland. It was not until Cowgill¹ demonstrated that the vitamin B₁ requirement of man is increased by elevation of the metabolic rate that the role played by this vitamin in thyrotoxicosis became the subject of much study. The purpose of the present investigation was to determine the nutritional status with respect to vitamin B₁ of persons suffering from toxic and nontoxic thyroid disease. The consistent rise in the pyruvic acid of the blood in vitamin B₁ deficiency provides a quantitative method of estimating the extent of this deficiency.

METHODS AND MATERIALS

Immediately on admission of the patient to the hospital the pyruvic acid content of the blood was determined by the method of Lu² with a Klett-Summerson photoelectric colorimeter. Hepatic function was estimated by the intravenous . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW ORLEANS

From the Department of Surgery of the Louisiana State University School of Medicine and Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?