Atrophy of the thyroid gland

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Atrophy of the thyroid gland. St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives & Museum. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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.

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