Myers, 1981. Iodine, ovaries, cancer. Mononucleosis

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Here is an article by Myers that refers to the Perkin and Brown study on iodine and the ovaries.

http://iodine4health.com/special/physiology/metabolism/perkin_metabolism.htm

He also talks about using iodine for treating mononucleosis. Zoe

Estrogen and Cancer. Interrelation and Dependence on Vitamins, Minerals, and Iodine. (Excerpts)

Myers JA1981 (reprinted in Schutte and Myers, Metabolic Aspects of Health)

“In an experiment by Perkin and Brown at the Lahey Clinic in 1938, they showed that when the thyroid is removed from a male dog, his protein-bound iodine in the blood serum drops to almost zero. (8) When the thyroid is removed from a female dog, her protein-bound iodine remains the same. When both the thyroid and the ovary are removed from the female dog, her protein-bound iodine also drops to near zero. This shows that the ovary is supplying an iodine product to the blood serum. This was shown to be di-iodo-tyrosine by Stambul. (10)"

http://iodine4health.com/overviews/clinicians/myers_clinician.htm

“The presence of di-iodo-tyrosine in the blood serum of the female keeps cholesterol in solution in her breasts as its primary function, but it also keeps cholesterol in solution in her blood serum and aids in the prevention of atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease. For this reason, the female should not lose either of her ovaries by surgery under any circumstances, except if they be cancerous. They should not be removed as a prophylaxis against cancer. Even though they do not produce estrogen after the menopause, they still continue to protect the woman against coronary artery disease by the metabolism of iodine into di-iodo-tyrosine.

“This experiment by Perkin and Brown took a very interesting turn when one of the female dogs in the experiment became pregnant. Even though she was given an adequate amount of iodine every day, her protein-bound iodine during the pregnancy dropped to a very low value, and returned to normal when the pregnancy was over. This again points up what we see around the world -- goiter in the ratio of 4 to 1 between female and male, because of goiter prevalence in pregnancy. This function of the ovary to metabolize iodine during pregnancy is equally important in puberty. When there is insufficient iodine supplied to the body, the demand by the ovaries decreases the amount available to the thyroid. This lack of iodine to the thyroid prevents it from producing its hormone, which normally stimulates the ovary and controls the development of puberty.

“It is at this time also that we see the development of a disease of the lymph system called “infectious mononucleosis”. It is interesting to note that this disease has been misnamed and is neither “infections” nor “mononucleosis”. It is a lymphadenitis and, in my opinion, is due to a lack of iodine in the lymph system. This lack of iodine is responsible for the hyperplasia of lymph nodes all over the body. Often […unreadable few words…], and one can discern his mistake when he sees the enlarged inguinal lymph nodes at operation. The swelling of the lymph system in the appendix and the colon makes it imperative that the appendix by removed anyway.

“Having been a medical student associated with Dr. Warfield T. Longcope, Professor of Medicine of the s Hopkins University Medical School at the time that he described this disease, I have recognized and treated many cases. I was tremendously impressed by the complete debilitation of the patient and the remarkable development of the cervical lymph nodes, and the associated soreness of the throat as a primary characteristic of the disease. It is frequently said to look like a strep throat. On a number of occasions I have treated the disease with intravenous iodine with immediate and remarkable results. One patient, a male 21 years of age, had a white blood count of 200,000. Within three days of giving him intravenous iodine, his white count was back to normal of 6,000, with a normal differential, and his energy and strength had returned to normal also. This is in marked contrast to the usual treatment in which nothing is done and the patient is given only bed rest for a year or more.”