title: The Gouty Joseph in Giulio Romano's 'Holy Family'.
abstract: Joint diseases in antiquity and the Renaissance were generally known by the all-encompassing term, gout (podagra or gotta). Only in later centuries was there a differentiation in the types of joint diseases, distinguishing gout in the modern sense from other arthritic and rheumatic disorders. The present article illustrates one pictorial representation of joint disease from the early sixteenth century, a case that seems typical of gouty tophi.
authors.affiliation: School of History and Philosophy (Program in History of Medicine), University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. gmweisz@aol.com
authors.forename: George M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Weisz
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Albury
authors.forename: Donatella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lippi
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matucci-Cerinic
mesh_terms: D001633:Bible; D005197:Famous Persons; D006073:Gout / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D010151:Paintings