Broncho-Pneumonia in a Cretin before and after Treatment with Thyroid.

(From the Slough Emergency Hospital, E.M.S.) Owing to the lowered general metabolism, a hypothyroid person, whether suffering from cretinism or myxoedema, would be expected to react to an acute infection in a subnormal fashion, and it is generally recognized that this is what actually occurs. Rarely, however, can it be possible to witness an acute infection attacking an individual, first in the hypothyroid state and then once more after metabolism has been restored to normal. The following case is an example of such an occurrence.