RT Journal
A1 Ficarra BJ
T1 TYroid crisis and the law
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1969
FD August 4
VO 209
IS 5
SP 774
OP 774
DO 10.1001/jama.1969.03160180120023
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03160180120023
AB To the Editor:— 
    In response to the comment: "It is perfectly true that the possibility of a thyroid crisis is something which should not be neglected in every patient who has thyroid therapy. Its occurrence is exceedingly rare, however, when the patient has been properly prepared for surgery by the preoperative administration of iodine," permit me to state that Dr. Ryan and I were members of the house staff at the same time (1939-1941) at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY.At that time Kings County Hospital had the largest thyroid surgical service of any municipal hospital in the United States. It was one of two thyroid residencies approved for certification by the American Board of Surgery. As a house officer on this thyroid service many instances of postthyroidectomy crises were seen and recorded. All were treated prior to surgery with strong iodine solution according to the method of