title: An investigation of endemic goitre during the centuries in sacral figurative arts.
abstract: Physical appearances of goitrous people as they appear in figurative sacral arts of Italy are documented and discussed. The investigation is a contribution to historical pathology.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathological Anatomy and Histology, University of Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giampalmo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fulcheri
mesh_terms: D006043:Goiter, Endemic / Q000266:history*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008512:Medicine in the Arts