| Index Entry | Actor, Dormer, Mrs, died of cancer caused by iron busk |
| Location | London |
| Citation | VGW(HU.773.105 15 Jul 1773:22 (1146) London, May 13. A fashion has lately prevailed, of the ladies wearing a piece of iron within their stays, to confine them to a particular shape. This has been attended with fatal consequences, by the iron rusting; and it occasioned a cancer in the breast, of which Mrs. Dormer, of Drury Lane Theatre, died. |
| Generic Title | Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu) |
| Date | 1773.07.15 |
| Publisher | Purdie, Alex., and John Dixon |
| City, State | Williamsburg, VA |
| Year | 1773 |
| Bibliography | B0048619 |