| Index Entry | Actor, Dormer, Mrs, died of cancer caused by iron busk |
| Location | London |
| Citation | VGW(RI.773.057 15 Jul 1773:13 (375) 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 (Ri) |
| Date | 1773.07.15 |
| Publisher | Rind, William |
| City, State | Williamsburg, VA |
| Year | 1773 |
| Bibliography | B0049484 |