title: [The healing of a lame person in Betesda].
abstract: In 1575 Pieter Aertsen (1508?-1575) painted the biblical story of the healing of a lame man at Bethesda (John 5:1-9). At closer inspection, the painting reveals that the invalid is suffering from foot drop as well.
authors.affiliation: jnkeeman@xs4all.nl
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Keeman
mesh_terms: D001633:Bible; D020234:Gait Ataxia / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D009426:Netherlands