title: [Testimonies of an autochthonous illness on the anthropomorphic pottery in ancient Peru].
abstract: The vases belonging to the Mochica civilization of the Precolombian period in Peru represent images that strongly recall pain and illness. In particular the anthropomorphic vessels show in a very realistic fashion severe facial lesions probably associated with different diseases such as cutaneous Leishmaniasis. The different types of leishmaniasis may, in fact, produce asymptomatic visceral, cutaneous, or muco-cutaneous infections, the latter causing remarkable facial deformities like those represented in the vascular production.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Patologia, Università La Sapienza, Roma, I.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Serarcangeli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pennica
mesh_terms: D002516:Ceramics; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000266:history*; D004194:Disease; D005145:Face; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000266:history*; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D010146:Pain / Q000266:history*; D010568:Peru
vernacular_title: Testimonianze di una malattia autoctona nella ceramica del Per precolombiano.