Goiter mineral waters

For example, inclusion of 0.02% KI, potassium iodide, in ordinary table salt has nearly eliminated goiter in the United States. Gkiiter is a disorder of the thyroid gland caused by a deficiency of iodine. Mineral water tastes better than purer, distilled water. 

Since the Middle Ages, if not before, iodine-containing mineral waters have been used for the treatment of goiters. It was the characteristic smell, probably, which stimulated this apphcation, because other substances with a similar smell were used long before the discovery of iodine to reduce goiters, such as the sea grass Sargasso) and Laminaria japonica tresch in Chinese medicine. 

Prophylaxis and treatment of iodine deficiency goiter by drinking iodine-containing mineral waters... 

For goiter prophylaxis, the low-minerafized waters sold commercially can also be used for permanent intake. These mineral waters contain between 120 and 800 p,g iodine/1, resulting in an iodine intake of 30 00 p,g/day, if 250— 500 ml of this mineral water is consumed. At concentrations of up to 200 p.g/1, the iodine is not noticeable by taste the iodine taste, which is unpalatable for many people, occurs... 

He studied silicosis ( miner s disease ) and concluded that it was the result of inhaling vapors in mines, not a kind of revenge inflicted by mountain spirits. He was the first to realize that goiter could be caused by minerals in drinking water, and he prepared and used a variety of new chemical remedies for the condition. In effect, he invented chemotherapy. 

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