Leprosy in the Pisan fresco "Triumph of Death" (1336-1341)

J Infect. 2018 Jul;77(1):75-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2018.04.015. Epub 2018 May 8.

Authors

A Fornaciari¹, R Gaeta², V Giuffra²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Paleopathology, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Roma 57, 56126 Pisa, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Division of Paleopathology, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Roma 57, 56126 Pisa, Italy.

PMID: 29746937
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2018.04.015

No abstract available

Keywords: History of medicine; Iconodiagnostics; Late Middle Ages; Leprosy.

Publication types

Historical Article
Letter

MeSH terms

History, Medieval
Humans
Italy
Leprosy / history*
Leprosy / mortality
Leprosy / pathology*
Mycobacterium leprae / pathogenicity