"Even Paracelsus wondered about the frequency of goiters and of people of small stature and low intelligence in certain regions of the Alps.
In his lecture, Prof. Dr. med. Erich Russi explains how the connection between iodine deficiency and the occurrence of these diseases was discovered in the Alpine country of Switzerland towards the end of the 19th century. He describes how in the 1920s, pioneers in general medicine propagated the iodization of table salt, which gradually led to the disappearance of these iodine deficiency diseases."
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In his lecture, Prof. Dr. med. Erich Russi explains how the connection between iodine deficiency and the occurrence of these diseases was discovered in the Alpine country of Switzerland towards the end of the 19th century. He describes how in the 1920s, pioneers in general medicine propagated the iodization of table salt, which gradually led to the disappearance of these iodine deficiency diseases."
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
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