No satisfactory conclusion will be arrived at regarding the origin of cretinism until the pedigrees of a large number of examples have been traced.
It was formerly supposed that cretinism arose from the habitual drinking of snow- and glacier-water.
But the most sanguine person does not imagine that cretinism will be eradicated for many generations.
Cretinism is the least agreeable feature of the valley of Aosta, but it is, at the same time, the most striking.
The whole subject of cretinism is surrounded with difficulty.
The peculiar form of idiocy which is called cretinism is so highly developed in the valley of Aosta, and the natives are so familiarized with it, that they are almost indignant when the surprised traveler remarks its frequency.
This second example strengthens the conviction that the great development of cretinism in the middle of the valley of Aosta is not the result of accidental circumstances.
The symptoms are the reverse of cretinism and myxedema.
Cretinism as one manifestation of a soul without thyroid or without enough thyroid is not all.
A certain variety of idiocy, Mongolian idiocy, in which the face simulates cretinism so closely as to deceive practised clinical observers, is characterized by a Chinese cast of the features and eyes, hence the name.
Endemic cretinism is the name given to the condition.
Cretinism in the human is a condition in which the burning taper we call Life flickers and smoulders and smokes.
Cretinism is a condition due to disease of the thyroid glands.
In recent years in certain communities the sexes have been segregated (see Eugenic Review, 1910, Jordan) with the result that in such places cretinism has about disappeared.
After the recovery occasional small doses still may be necessary for some, or in cretinism for life.
Usually by the end of the first year and during the second year the signs of the cretinism become very marked and should be recognized.
It is pretty clear that in these observations, goitre and cretinism are confounded.
It is more than probable that these ill-favoured creatures belong to a particular race; for we must take care not to confound goitre with cretinism, since goitre is common where cretinism is prevalent.
Cretinism seems to be a combination of two diseases, the one physical, the other mental.
Even goitre should not escape notice, since it may indicatecretinism or any other form of degeneration.
Val d'Aosta, an Alpine valley in Piedmont, where cretinism is indigenous, exhibited perverse tendencies from his earliest infancy.
Quite recently, at the Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association, held at Carlisle in August of the present year, communications were read on the Thyroid Treatment of Cretinism and Imbecility, by Dr.
This painstaking observer has investigated this subject in an interesting communication on Sporadic Cretinism in the "Edinburgh Medical Journal" for May, 1893.
Emily Lewi reported the history of a very marked case of Cretinism in a girl, aged 13 months, who was put on thyroid treatment; improvement was noted in a week, and the child grew gradually intelligent.
Telford-Smith has reported four cases of Sporadic Cretinism treated by thyroid extract at the Royal Albert Asylum, Lancaster, when a well-marked improvement was noticed in each case.
His clinical acuity is further exemplified by his recognition of the relation between cretinism and endemic goitre.
So cretinism was in a fair way to spread all over the valley from this spot.
The endemic form of cretinism prevails in certain districts, as in the valleys of central Switzerland, Tirol and the Pyrenees.
The pathology of cretinism and its allied condition myxoedema (q.
The remedy was soon after applied to cretinism and its effects were found to be even more wonderful.
Cretinism usually remains unrecognized until the child reaches some eighteen months or two years, when its lack of mental development and uncouth bodily form begin to attract attention.
Wherever endemic goitre is present, endemic cretinism is present also, and it has been constantly observed that when a new family moves into a goitrous district, goitre appears in the first generation, cretinism in the second.
The causation of the sporadic form of cretinism is, however, obscure.
The skull in the endemic form of cretinism is usually brachycephalic, but in the sporadic cases it is more commonly dolichocephalic.
Thus, a certain class of cretinism appears to be due to foetal rachitis, mainly of the base of the cranium, which results in early ossification of the synchondroses, particularly of the sphenoid bone.
I have lived and wandered among the gypsies of our southern counties for many years, and have yet to find sufficient evidence of cretinism to warrant a statement that it is prevalent.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cretinism" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: cretinism; gland; idiocy; imbecility; infantilism; insanity; retardation; simplicity; stupidity
