Myxedema is sometimes referred to as thick skin,
The Oxford English Dictionary's earliest quotation for "thick-skinned" in this figurative sense is dated 1602. There's also an entry for "thickskin," noun, "one who has a thick skin; a person dull or slow of feeling," earliest quotation 1582.
I wonder what the treatment was then and whether it helped. Probably not but it sometimes feels now that we are still in the dark ages!
aint' that the truth!!! I cannot imagine where I would be now, if I didn't put my foot down!
I know one physician fed a queen (cant remember which one) who had thyroid disease, fish roe sandwiches as the roe has T3, so probably better treatment ?
I did toy with the idea that it could well have been better! They did have a good selection of herbal remedies then on which I'm sure many modern day drugs have been based on those properties and I'm sure they would have had a 'cure' for most ailments or something to soothe them.
Think your right. Nothings really changed but interference with some dubious blood tests.
Ignorance plus trial and error probably edged it over rules and regulations today! That's a frightening thought!
If you think that doing nothing was better. 
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Rod
Interesting Rod, thank you! Had just been wondering if I could deal with eye of newt or whatever! My son and I are interested in our family tree and I always say that whatever we turn up we have to put it in context. So if I had been around then it may well have resulted in doing something the modern day me wouldn't like to think about but then modern day me feels that if it worked I would do it and I do feel a more natural treatment is better than modern day technology that's more synthetic but its how far we take the argument, pills should be fool proof but we know of hiccups. May be they were less rigid and took more or less of what was dished up without thinking about it whereas we are expected to not tamper. I've always shuddered at the thought of my gran eating raw liver daily for PA but I'm sure if I'd had to do that I would have!
I'm with you on that
Roe has T3? Oh, really! Could be why I craved it as a kid. We often had it for dinner and I loved it!
Probably why its expensive too. Now you don't get that on prescription 
Is it? I haven't eaten it for a long time. But it was cheaper than the fish when I was a kid. My mum would send me up to the wet fish shop at closing time on a Saturday evening to get whatever they were selling off cheap and it was usually either kippers of cods' roe. Then we would have a slap-up meal with whatever I brought home. lol These days shops would rather throw food in the bin and pour bleach all over it rather than sell it off cheap!
Oh, lord, I'm getting old! lol
Hugs, Grey
Too true, we also went to the fish market and got cods roe to spread on bread and butter, a real (poor mans caviar) treat.
Recently tried to get it and was told "we don't sell it for health and hygine reasons, but if you want it for taramasalata we sell that" ! ! !
What a cheek! lol
Cheek indeed! Don't think we can trust much these days.
To go back to the start of the thread. How do we know the queen had a thyroid problem? Was it tabulated or are we guessing from a painting? Don't tell me she got a FT3 reading done!
lol She would have been very Lucky if she had! Can't get one these days.
I really don't know the answer to that question. And which queen? I've always thought that Victoria had a thyroid problem, looking at the photos and paintings. And sandwiches does sound more like the Victorians than, say, the Elizabethans. Sandwiches hadn't been invented then, I don't think.
I can just imagine Victoria eating her roe sanwiches with a nice cup of tea. He probably cut the crusts off for her, too! lol
But often when I look at old paintings I think Oooo, nasty goitre she's got there! Or hmm... he's got low GH. lol It's become a sort of obsession with me.
My brain must be addled in this hot weather, I have got it slightly wrong, duhh.
It was during the reign of Queen Victoria, prominent London physicians prescribed special raw thyroid sandwiches to failing patients.
But i am correct that caviar/roe has T3, don't know how potent.
I did like the picture you painted though
Hi sliverfox, Im afraid I got it muddled, see my reply to greygoose above.
Don't worry! We've had a bit of lighthearted humour. Quite enjoyed the ride!
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