Goiter is a disorder of the thyroid gland which is located in front of the neck and which produces a secretion which has a extremely significant effect in regulating the general nutrition of the body. An excess of its secretion is associated with different types of situation known as exophthalmia goiter.

Goiter is of two types: (i) simple; and (ii) exophthalmia. In the latter variety, the eyeballs have a tendency to protrude from their sockets. Both of them are caused by the equal factors, but the latter is of a more grave variety and little more difficult to handle than the former.

It is caused by the lack of iodine in the drinking water. The belief is based on the observation that it is endemic to areas where the water supply is free from iodine. Allopaths administer minute doses of iodine to sufferers from goitre and it is efficient in most cases.