Goiter in the Qing Dynasty.

Hormones (Athens)

Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Published: June 2024

Empress Dowager Cixi, the supreme ruler of China's Qing Dynasty, along with Imperial Concubine Jin, may have suffered from goiter. Our suspicions were aroused by two interesting historical photographs. Herein, we provide a medical interpretation of these historical images in an attempt to present the cases of these two historical figures.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42000-024-00534-1DOI Listing

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