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- Title
Leonardo da Vinci's Five Grotesque Heads: early evidence of cranio-facial mycobacterial infection.
- Authors
Tan, M.; Harling, L.; Ashrafian, H.
- Abstract
The article discusses the early evidence of cranio-facial mycobacterial infection depicted in Leonardo da Vinci's painting "Five Grotesque Heads." The authors stress that the illustrative precision of da Vinci allows them to detect subtle clinical signs of leprosy and tuberculosis, which are caused by mycobacteria infection. They contend that the painter may have been depicting a common pathology, far beyond medical knowledge of the renaissance period.
- Subjects
ANATOMY; ART; CELEBRITIES; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; HANSEN'S disease; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS
- Publication
Infection, 2014, Vol 42, Issue 4, p795
- ISSN
0300-8126
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1007/s15010-014-0644-y