'Cretin' with an enlargement of the thyroid

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'Cretin' with an enlargement of the thyroid. St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives & Museum. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Full length, black and white photograph of a female 'cretin' who had a great enlargement of the thyroid. She was 24 years of age and had never been out of London. The goitre was of three years' duration.

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