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IZZO and Cicardo1 have reported an inhibiting effect of thyroxine on experimental tuberculosis in guinea pigs. The experiments were suggested by the chemical resemblance of thyroxine to diploicin, which exerts a bacteriostatic action on Mycobact. tuber. But the authors envisaged also the possibility of an unspecifically stimulating effect of the thyroid as an explanation of their experimental results. I should like to direct attention to some earlier observations on the influence of the thyroid on infections in general and particularly on tuberculosis.
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REITLER, R. Relation of the Thyroid to Infections. Nature 159, 505 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159505a0
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