Endemic Goiter: A Problem in Preventive Medicine

Article1 November 1954ENDEMIC GOITER: A PROBLEM IN PREVENTIVE MEDICINEDAVID MARINE, M.D., F.A.C.P.DAVID MARINE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-5-875 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptI wish to express to the Board of Regents my appreciation of the honor they have conferred upon me as their selection for the 1954 James D. Bruce Memorial Lecture in preventive medicine.Dr. Bruce spent his entire medical career in an important endemic goiter region which I had occasion to visit several times, yet our paths never crossed.My first visit to Michigan was in March, 1907, when I made a horse-and-buggy visit to several farms between Ann Arbor and Pontiac to get a first-hand acquaintance with endemic goiter in sheep and to add to our collection of thyroids...Bibliography1. 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