Ancient representation of Meige's syndrome in the Moche culture in the pre-Columbian Peru.
The Moches were a pre-Columbian culture from Peru, who had a fine ceramic technique and used to represent diseases. One example is the potter presented here which represents a man with a probable Meige's syndrome and may be the first artistic representation of this disease.
Martinez-Castrillo
Juan Carlos
JC
Department of Neurology, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain. jcmcastrillo@gmail.com
Mariscal
Ana
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Garcia-Ruiz
Pedro
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D001764:Blepharospasm / Q000266:history / Q000503:physiopathology; D002516:Ceramics / Q000266:history; D003469:Culture; D005006:Ethnicity; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D008538:Meige Syndrome / Q000266:history* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010568:Peru