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

Fatovic-Ferencic, S; Buklijas, Tatjana

dc.contributor.author	Fatovic-Ferencic, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Buklijas, Tatjana	en
dc.coverage.spatial	Netherlands	en
dc.date.accessioned	2012-03-04T21:27:28Z	en
dc.date.issued	2002-09	en
dc.identifier.issn	0926-9959	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2292/12724	en
dc.description.abstract	This is a brief study on the popular ideas about leprosy based on an 18th century wall painting in north-western Croatia portraying Saint Elisabeth healing a sick man, possibly a leper. The analysis uses examples from the history of medicine, semantics, toponymy and iconography.	en
dc.language	eng	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol	en
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dc.subject	Croatia	en
dc.subject	Famous Persons	en
dc.subject	History, 18th Century	en
dc.subject	History, Medieval	en
dc.subject	Humans	en
dc.subject	Leprosy	en
dc.subject	Male	en
dc.subject	Medicine in Art	en
dc.subject	Paintings	en
dc.subject	Religion and Medicine	en
dc.subject	Saints	en
dc.subject	Semantics	en
dc.title	The image of a leper (?): a paradigm of hidden fears of contagious diseases (exemplified in a wall painting of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary).	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
pubs.issue	5	en
pubs.begin-page	447	en
pubs.volume	16	en
dc.identifier.pmid	12428835	en
pubs.author-url	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12428835	en
pubs.end-page	449	en
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pubs.subtype	Article	en
pubs.elements-id	107265	en
pubs.record-created-at-source-date	2013-06-05	en
pubs.dimensions-id	12428835	en