Includes bibliographies and index.

Historical resume -- Anatomy and histochemistry -- Comparative anatomy and physiology -- Hormone synthesis: thyroid iodine metabolism -- Thyroglobulin: chemistry and biosynthesis -- Mechanisms of action of antithyroid compounds -- Thyroid hormone transport and metabolism: pathophysiologic implications -- Nature, source and biologic significance of thyroid hormones in blood -- Biologic and cellular effects -- Thyroid hormone structure-function relationships -- Mechanism of action of T4 -- Neuroendocrine control -- Embryology and anatomy of the thyrotropin-secreting cell (thyrotroph) -- Chemistry -- Mechanism of action -- Assay and secretory physiology in man -- Effects of iodine: autoregulation of the thyroid -- Sympathetic nervous-adrenal medullary system -- Intrinsic physiologic variables and nonthyroid illness -- Environmental effects -- Radiation physics -- Biologic effects of radiation on the thyroid -- Quantitative in vivo tests -- Thyroid and whole-body scanning -- Thyroid hormone concentrations -- Tests of thyroid hormone transport -- Metabolic indices -- Tests of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis -- Thyroid physiology and function tests in infancy and childhood -- Embryology: normal and anomalous development and clinical aspects -- Surgical anatomy -- Physical examination -- Pathology -- Genetic factors in thyroid disease -- Sporadic nontoxic goiter -- Disorders of iodine excess and deficiency -- Thyroid cancer: clinical -- Thyroid cancer: treatment -- Anesthesia in thyroid surgery -- Hyperthyroidism -- Hyperthyroidism caused by placental or pituitary thyrotropins -- Skin and connective tissue -- Eye changes -- Respiratory and cardiovascular systems -- Otolaryngeal system -- Gastrointestinal tract -- Liver -- Metabolic changes -- Vitamin metabolism -- Renal function-body water and electrolytes -- Skeletal system -- Neuromuscular system -- Emotions and mentation -- Reproductive system -- Blood -- Adrenal cortex -- Catecholamines and the sympathoadrenal system -- Thyroid storm or crisis -- Pediatric aspects -- Antithyroid drugs -- Surgery -- Radioiodine -- Selection of therapy -- Hypothyroidism -- Review of body systems -- Hypopituitarism -- Myxedema coma -- Thyroid hormone therapy in nonthyroid disorders -- Acute thyroiditis -- Chronic thyroiditis -- Lymphocytic (Hashimoto's) thyroiditis -- Fibrous (Riedel's) thyroiditis -- Index.