title: [Museum diagnosis].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In Mexico among physicians it is common to use the term "bus diagnosis" to mean one that can be done only by looking someone, thanks to knowledge, experience and a bit of imagination. Ophthalmologists are able to do specialty diagnosis in some pictures of famous painters, thus "museum diagnosis."
  
  
  METHODS
  An aesthetic and historical research conducted for years provided the material.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We present herein some examples of portraits made by Sharaku, Georg Groz, Il Bronzino, De la Tour, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Reynolds, Remedios Varo, Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, Ingres and others.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The "museum diagnosis" enhances interest and aesthetic pleasure. Art could be useful as a tool for teaching clinical ophthalmology.
authors.affiliation: Academia Mexicana de Cirugía, Fundación Hospital de Nuestra Señora de la Luz, Ezequiel Montes, México, DF Mexico. drjaimelozano@gmail.com
authors.forename: Jaim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lozano-Alcázar
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D009144:Museums; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history; D011173:Portraits as Topic / Q000266:history; D014481:United States
keywords: Ophthalmology; art; arte; diagnosis; diagnóstico; oftalmología