. Essentials of diagnosis. Arranged in the form of questions and answers prepared especially for students of medicine . nd there are also impairment of hearing and tinnitus aurium,which are not accompaniments of epilepsy. Exophthalmic Goiter. What are the sjrmptoms of exophthalmic goiter ? Exophthalmic goiter, also called Gravess disease and Basedowsdisease, is an affection characterized by increased frequency ofaction and palpitation of the heart, protrusion of the eyeballs 352 ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSIS. and enlargement of the thyroid gland. Its pathology is not yetestablished. It is clinically
. Essentials of diagnosis. Arranged in the form of questions and answers prepared especially for students of medicine . nd there are also impairment of hearing and tinnitus aurium,which are not accompaniments of epilepsy. Exophthalmic Goiter. What are the sjrmptoms of exophthalmic goiter ? Exophthalmic goiter, also called Gravess disease and Basedowsdisease, is an affection characterized by increased frequency ofaction and palpitation of the heart, protrusion of the eyeballs 352 ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSIS. and enlargement of the thyroid gland. Its pathology is not yetestablished. It is clinically a vaso-motor ataxia, and has longbeen considered a disease of the sympathetic nervous system,especially of the cervical ganglia. There is growing evidence,however, that the disease is dependent upon a lesion of the floorof the fourth ventricle, with which many of the symptoms wouldharmonize. The disease is more common in females than in males, andin adult life than at any other period. In some cases a neuro-pathic heredity can be traced. The exciting cause is usuallymental emotion, shock, grief, anxiety. Fig. ft
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