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mucin could be extracted from the subcutaneous tissues of* these persons.He therefore gave the name of " myxoedema " to supposedly dropsical cases of this type.28The separation of these cases, which formerly had been classed as a type of dropsy, was further made in 1883 by Kocher, who found that the condition developed after removal of the thyroid gland,29 and by Semon,30 who in the sansie year suggested the identity of cretinism, myxoedema, and cachexia strumipriva, and whose suggestions on identity of origin were confirmed through an investigation held by the Clinical Society of London in the following year.31.
Geo A Allan (Sat,) studied this question.