XXV. The Relation between Thyrotoxicosis and Tonsillar Infection

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The following are of interest in connection with the subject:.

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Wilson N. L. : The faucial tonsil as a gateway to general infections. Trans. A. M. A., Sect. Laryngol., Otol. and Rhinol., 1914, p. 23.

Annals of Surgery, LXXII. August, 1920.

Porter M. F. : Goiter.

Mayo C. H. : Adenoma with hyperthyroidism.

Crile G. W. : Toxic adenoma in relation to exophthalmic goiter.

Terry W. I. : Toxic goiter.

Frazier C. H. : Management of toxic goiter.