Más contenido relacionado La actualidad más candente (20) Similar a Thyroid history (20) Más de Balasubramanian Thiagarajan (20) Thyroid history4. It was documented that consuming sea weeds caused remarkable cure in these patients 10. He used the term laryngeal glands to describe the thyroid 13. He also clearly described that this swelling moved up and down when the patient attempts to swallow 16. It was coined with the thyroid cartilage in mind as it is shaped like a shield. 19. Platter in 1562 came out with convincing proof that cretinism was seen in children born of goitrous mothers 22. Courtois in 1812 discovered that sea weeds contained large quantities of iodine 27. He used thyroid extracts to save dogs in whom he performed total thyroid removal 29. It was only after Akron study which was carried out in school children that goitre preventive role of iodine came to be recognised 33. Graves in his talk described few of his patients with goitre and palpitation. He initially considered it to be a cardiac malady 36. It was approximately during this time surgeons were successful in partially removing this hyperfunctioning thyroid glands 38. It was first described in London. The term myxoedema was used because of oedematous skin due to accumulation of myxoid tissue 42. A committee was constituted which concluded 5 years later that his observation was true 45. In 1891 Murray injected sheep thyroid extract which cured a patient with myxoedema 48. It was the english man Harrington who indentified the exact molecular structure of thyroxine 55. He was the first person to associate goitre with exophthalmos 57. First thyroid surgery was performed by Albucais in spain. This surgery was performed to treat a patient with goitre. He used a cruciate incision for this purpose. 65. He was credited with nearly 1000 cures by simply touching the neck of the patient. (Such was the devotion they had towards their king thosedays). 67. He described his futile attempts to stop bleeding from the neck following surgery by using digital pressure by his assistants for two days who worked as a relay team 73. He was the first to emphasise ligation of superior / middle / inferior thyroid pedicles before removing thyroid 77. He was the first to observe tracheal flattening / distortion 79. He first ligated both superior arteries of thyroid gland and this was ineffective 80. He ligated both superior and inferior arteries of one side. This provided temporary relief for about 6 months 81. He proved that arteries supplying the opposite lobe was not capable of maintaining integrity of opposite lobe 85. Used aneurysm needle to thread around superior pole and ligated it. Repeated same maneuver in the other portions of gland and excised it in full 93. He was the first to report symptoms of thyroid deprivation 98. He also beleived ligation of inferior thyroid artery somehow damaged the nerve 103. He left a sleeve of thyroid gland along the tracheo oesophageal groove in order to protect the recurrent laryngeal nerve from injury 104. He insisted that this technique is useful even in treating malignant lesions of thyroid gland 106. He attempted to explain the tracheal oedema that followed thyroid surgery by suggesting vascular congestion to be the cause. 111. He was instrumental in disseminating vital knowledge pertaining to thyroid surgery to other surgeons