Show SIMPLE GOITER what is simple goiter there are several kinds of goiter simple goiter while less serious moz than other types is by far the most common and it most easily prevented and controlled simple goiter is one of the oldest diseases known affecting children and grownups grown ups especially girls but only during the past twenty years have we been getting at the exact cause of this disease and working out practical methods of prevention it is more common in certain parts of the country sometimes called goiter districts simple goiter is an enlargement of the thyroid gland which lies in the front of the neck and normally Is too small to be seen we now know that this enlargement is due to a lak lack of iodine there are peri periods per lodes odes when goiter occurs more frequently as during the years from twelve to sixteen during pr egnacy and also during or following any chronic or severe infection fec tion the work of the thyroid gland is to keep growth and dev elopement at a normal rate and at these times the amount which the thyroid gland is called upon to do is greatly increased how can we detect goiter this enlargement of the thyroid gland shows by swelling in the front of the neck you may su suspect the presence of goiter in yourself or your children when you can see a lump in the front of the neck which moves up and down on swallowing prompt treatment would cure most cases but all could be prevented why do we have simple goiter the secretion of the thyroid gland is necessary for normal growth and development the important thing in this secretion is iodine it has been often proved that if the thyroid has iodine so that it can produce the needed secretion it will not enlarge form goiter but it if there Is lack of iodine in the body the thyroid enlarges in its effort to secure it it was also found only a very small amount of was necessary to keep the supplied this fact made clear method of prevention why check goiter goiter may injure the mind well as the body of the boy or I 1 I 1 in school it shows normal growth I 1 being sometimes found with dwar if 1 ish fish and feeble mindedness if allowed to grow an operation may necessary or it may lead to serious poisoning and conditions it is then no longer lenaer simple goiter but a grave disease sometimes causing death how can we prevent goiter A small amount of art an iodine a week through the periods most needed will prevent goiter therefore in preventing it in schools in many cities each is given once a week a iodine tablet this is so that it tastes like good candy yet contains enough to prevent goiter in many communities muni ties iodized ionized table salt is being widely used as a general goiter prevention the simple and efficient method of preventing it before it appears should be and practiced under the directions in every home bome or in districts where goiter is anyone with actual goiter not start treating it with any of iodine without the advice ol 01 0 physician LAMAR CRIDDLE county norse max white who is attending B Y U spent the week end with 1 his mother mrs flaurie E white |