“…The histological criteria of Hashimoto's thyroiditis were those of Joll (1939). Of the 13 patients with drug-induced goitre, 11 had been taking iodide-containing cough mixture for a number of years, I had taken 30 mg. carbimazole for 3 years (Harden, Alexander, and Harrison, 1964), and I had been applying a proprietary preparation containing resorcinol (nestosyl) in large amounts over many months to an open ulcer of the leg.…”