The Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine

GOITRE

Goitre or Bronchocele (known in Britain as Derbyshire Neck) is an overgrown or swollen thyroid gland, usually observed as a swelling in the neck. Formerly the disease was endemic in Derbyshire, Switzerland, some parts of France and South America, and in many other parts of the world, chiefly in valleys and elevated plains in mountainous districts.
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