Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-07 | Page 10 | Thyroid Operation Aids Heart Ailment

Thyroid Operation Aids Heart Ailment 1 CHICAGO CHICAGO May 7 UP Relief A Relief of angina pectoris a form of ot heart disease by removal or partial removal re removal removal re- re moval of the thyroid gland was reported re- re re reported report re port ported d today by the journal jO of the American Medical association A study of ot the blood stream re revealed re- re a constant variation between the velocity of circulation and the the metabolic rate Dr J. J Dewey Dewcy Bisgard Bisgard Bisgard Bis- Bis gard of Omaha said and andt the apparent ap apparent ap- ap p- p parent relief to heart tro trouble ble vic vie victims thus tims was based on the original assumption assumption assumption as as- that a heart unable to meet normal metabolic demands might be able to carry on at the subnormal level resulting from a thyroid operation