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Springfield, Vermont - Elderly Woman with Goiter

Springfield, Vermont - Elderly Woman with Goiter
A photograph from my husband's GGrandmother's album of an unknown elderly woman with a goiter.
Brought forward for Vintage Photo Theme Park theme of "medical".
The only pre - iodized salt way to get the necessary iodine was in seafood, so the population in landlocked states was at risk.
I would think that in Vermont there would have been an adequate supply from Maine and New Hampshire, but perhaps she didn't like seafood.

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 Alan Mays
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Yikes! How interesting yet sad.
10 years ago.
Deborah Lundbech club has replied to Alan Mays club
Yes, especially since the cure was so simple and inexpensive. I was shocked to learn, a few years ago, that this is still rampant in parts of Africa. So terrible, when iodized salt completely takes care of most cases!
10 years ago.

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