Atrophy of the thyroid gland

Black and white photograph of an atrophied thyroid gland. The specimen consists of the larynx, part of the trachea, and thyroid gland, from a woman, aged 53 years, who died of myxoedema, in the Holborn Infirmary, May 1886. From a specimen which was once preserved in the Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons, London, No.2906c.