The chapter delves into the post-war conflicts between Saul Hertz and Joseph Hamilton Chapman as they raced to make advancements in radioiodine therapy for hyperthyroidism, leading to a fierce competition between the two researchers on who could publish first.
This 2019 episode examines thyroid disease through history, and the physics lecture heard by Saul Hertz in the 1930s that changed the treatment of hyperthyroidism forever.
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