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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mahshid Mir, M.D. [2]
Overview
Historical perspective
2700 BC seaweed were used for the treatment of goiter
300 BC hindu holly texts discuss goiter
40 BC Pliny, Vitruvius, and Juvenal describe prevalence of goiter in the Alps and used the burnt seaweed for treatment
138 AD Greek physician, Soranus, mentions neck swelling following pregnancy
340 AD chinese alchemist, Ko-Hung, recommends seaweed for treatment of goiter among people living in mountains.
650 AD another chinese physician, Sun Ssu-Mo used dried, powdered mollisc shells and chopped thyroid gland for the treatment of goiter
961 AD Abul Kasim, a physician in Codoba, was the first to describe thyroidectomy and to perform a needle biopsy
1200 AD Arnaldus de Villanova reported that marine sponges could be used to treat goiters of recent origin in the youngs
1475 AD Wang Hei, a chinese physician recommended treat of goiter with minced thyroid
1500 AD Leonardo da Vinci was the first to recognize and draw the thyroid gland
1543 AD ANdreas Vesalius provides first anatomic description and illustration of the thyroid gland.
1563 AD Eustachius was the first who introduced the term "isthmus" to describe tissue connecting the two lobes of the thyroid
1602 Felix Platter was the first who described cretins found in Valais region of switzerland
Wharton, Thomas 1614-1673 Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine/Thomas Wharton names gland "thyroid" after the shape of an ancient Grecian shield
1669 Albrecht van Haller describes contipation as a complication of cretinism
In 1825, C. Parry describes exophthalmic goiter.
In 1831, Iodine prophylaxis propsed as a goverment-administered public health program, for goiter prevention.
In 1834, Rober Graves described a syndrome of palpitation, goiter, and exophthalmos and called the disease as Grave's disease
In 1857, B. Niepce was the first to describe enlargement of sella turcica in cretins with hypothyroidism in Switzerland.
In 1857, Maurice Schiff was the first to perform a successful total thyroidectomies in animals.
In 1862, A. Trousseau introduced the term "Graves disease" for the disease that was described before bby Grave.
In 1867, A. von Graefe described lid lag in thyrotoxicosis which later was known as Basedow's disease.
In 1873, Th. Billroth was the first to describe tetany following total thyroidectomy.
In 1882, William Ord was the first to describe the term myxedema for a case of a middle aged woman with cretinoid features.
In 1888, Rogowitsch was the first to describe the pituitary hyperplasia in rabbits following thyroidectomy.
In 1891, Victor Horsley was the first to discovered the direct effect of thyroid function deficiency in developing myxedema, cretinism, and post-thyroidecomy cachexia by working on monkeys.
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Thyroid nodule Microchapters |
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Diagnosis |
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Treatment |
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Thyroid nodule historical perspective On the Web |
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American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Thyroid nodule historical perspective |
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Risk calculators and risk factors for Thyroid nodule historical perspective |