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Credit: The anatomy of the thymus gland / by Sir Astley Cooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![in the sitting posture, and then only with her head inclined forwards, and supported in that position by her sisters ; for the moment it fell back, the pressure of the tumour on the trachea and the dyspnea were suddenly increased. I witnessed her making daily aj)proaches to dissolution, mthout being able to afford her any ])ermanent benefit; she died after a fortnight, not from any sudden attack of suffoca- tion, but from being worn out by the constant irritation excited by the difficulty in respiration. I obtained permission to examine the body, and found that the disease was situated in the Thymus Gland; the swelling reached from the curvature of the aorta to the lower part of the Thyroid Gland, and the latter was also considerably enlarged. The Thpnus appeared of a yellowish white colour, and was divided into several large lobes. The trachea was involved in the tumour, and its sides Avere compressed by it, so that its transverse diameter was somewhat diminished. The arteria innominata was jjlaced behind it, and the left subclavian, and left carotid arteries to its left side, it surrounded the vena innominata, and upon cuttinc: into the vein, the diseased Gland was found ijroiectino' into its cavity, and upon making an uicision into the swelling, the reticular texture of the Gland was found to be filled by a white })ulpy substance.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21300367_0058.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
