The image of a leper (?): A paradigm of hidden fears of contagious diseases (exemplified in a wall painting of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary)

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 447-449

  Fatovic Ferencic, S ^a   Buklijas T ^a  

^a CROATIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; History of medicine; Leprosy; Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRISTIAN; CROATIA; FEAR; HEALING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEPROSY; PAINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS;

CROATIA; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MEDICINE IN ART; PAINTINGS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SAINTS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0036749756     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2002.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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