An investigation of endemic goitre during the centuries in sacral figurative arts.
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.
Giampalmo
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Institute of Pathological Anatomy and Histology, University of Genoa, Italy.
Fulcheri
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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