What ailed Goya?

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-170

  Ravin, James G ^a,c   Ravin, Tracy B ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Francisco de; Goya; Goya's illness; History

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MALARIA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PAINTING; PUBLIC FIGURE; SPAIN; SYPHILIS;

BLINDNESS; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, ADULT; MALARIA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PAINTINGS; PORTRAITS; SPAIN; SYPHILIS; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME;

EID: 0033195967     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(99)00080-6     Document Type: Article

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