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The head of a man with goitre. Etching by Jusepe de Ribera, 1622.

Three wild born people, all with goitre. Engraving, 1787.

Nagaland, India: Ao Nagas tribespeople, one of whom is suffering from a goitre. Photograph, 1900/1910.

A man with goitre. Chalk drawing by J. de Ribera.

A man with goitre: front (left) and profile (right) views. Etching by J.R. Schellenberg, 1778.

A Chinese woman with goitre. Photographic postcard after Burr Photo Co., ca. 1930.

The thyroid gland / editors: Rosalind Pitt-Rivers [and] W.R. Trotter.

Stop the thyroid madness. II : how thyroid experts are challenging ineffective treatments and improving the lives of patients / Janie A. Bowthorpe, editor.

Be your own thyroid advocate : when you're sick and tired of being sick and tired / Rachel Hill.

[Endocrine tumours and disturbances]

Solved : the riddle of illness / Stephen E. Langer and James F. Scheer.

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Hypothyroidism

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The thyroid gland / editors: Rosalind Pitt-Rivers [and] W.R. Trotter.

Stop the thyroid madness. II : how thyroid experts are challenging ineffective treatments and improving the lives of patients / Janie A. Bowthorpe, editor.

Be your own thyroid advocate : when you're sick and tired of being sick and tired / Rachel Hill.

[Endocrine tumours and disturbances]

Solved : the riddle of illness / Stephen E. Langer and James F. Scheer.

Hypothyroidism

Images from the collections

Images referencing Hypothyroidism

Works from the collections

The thyroid gland / editors: Rosalind Pitt-Rivers [and] W.R. Trotter.

Stop the thyroid madness. II : how thyroid experts are challenging ineffective treatments and improving the lives of patients / Janie A. Bowthorpe, editor.

Be your own thyroid advocate : when you're sick and tired of being sick and tired / Rachel Hill.

[Endocrine tumours and disturbances]

Solved : the riddle of illness / Stephen E. Langer and James F. Scheer.

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