"Thyroid gland" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... imagine how they could have failed to guess it, except that they never would have suspected to look for anything resembling exophthalmic goiter in a person of her stamina," he answered, pronouncing the word slowly. "You have heard of the thyroid gland in the neck?" ...
— The War Terror • Arthur B. Reeve
... openings or ducts. They prepare special materials which are passed into the blood and which are supposed to exert some beneficial effect either upon the blood or upon the tissues through which the blood circulates. The most important of the ductless glands are the thyroid gland, located in the neck; the suprarenal bodies, situated one just over each kidney; and the thymus gland, a temporary gland in the upper part of the chest. The spleen and the lymphatic glands (page 68) are also classed ...
— Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools • Francis M. Walters, A.M. |
