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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

SICK, Paul Auguste (1836 – 1900)

1836 – 1900

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1867 CE

#3821

Ueber die totale Exstirpation einer kropfig entarteten Schilddrüse, und über die Rückwirkung dieser Operation auf die Circulationsverhältnisse im Kopfe.

SICK, Paul Auguste (1836 – 1900)

Sick is credited with being the first to notice symptoms of loss of thyroid function following thyroidectomy. According to Halsted, the above is the first report of total thyroidectomy and “the first report of t…