. Endocrinology. r and superintendent of publicinstruction. I managed to survey eight schools before the pres-sure was sufficient to have me stopped. Starting with the kin-dergarten in the schools, I examined every boy and girF—Asad commentary on those who boast of their state, climate andlow mortality rate. But why quarrel with those who opposeus when in our own midst are those who, like a physician andsurgeon of good standing, advised an inquiring mother to spank 692 ENDOCRINOPATHIES IN THE PUGET SOUND BASIN her little daiii^htor if she again showed anxiety concerning hergoiter. The grade sc
. Endocrinology. r and superintendent of publicinstruction. I managed to survey eight schools before the pres-sure was sufficient to have me stopped. Starting with the kin-dergarten in the schools, I examined every boy and girF—Asad commentary on those who boast of their state, climate andlow mortality rate. But why quarrel with those who opposeus when in our own midst are those who, like a physician andsurgeon of good standing, advised an inquiring mother to spank 692 ENDOCRINOPATHIES IN THE PUGET SOUND BASIN her little daiii^htor if she again showed anxiety concerning hergoiter. The grade school examination referred to by Hall in thepreceding paragraph, showed goiter to be present in percent of the boys and per cent of the girls between the agesof 6 and 14 years. As mentioned by Hall, the percentages ofgoiter in these children are roughly the same for both boys andgirls until the twelfth year is reached, when the girls shoot wayahead of the boys, the boys not approaching them until a few. Distribution of Goiter in Washington by Counties years later. For further details concerning the grade schoolchildren see Table III and Figure 2. Goiter was observed by Hall in the students of one highschool in per cent of 575 boys and per cent of 521Sirls (Fig. 2). Fat boys and girls had no thyroid that could be palpatedor observed, although this was not on account of the fat. Itwas also interesting to note that in a class of defectives onlyfour thyroids could be palpated out of a class of thirty, ?. e., 13per cent. This statement is of considerable personal interest,for I have been repeatedly impressed with the infrequency ofpalpable thyroids in obese and mentally defective children,although, at present, I have no figures on this point. WHEELON According to the draft exaininatious tachycardia occurredin Washington recruits in a ratio of per thousand ratio for the United States was In discussing thispoint the conclusion is reached that th
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