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June 2006
Division of Infectious Disease Control and Clinical Immunology, Nihon University Medical Research Institute, Itabashiku, Tokyo, Japan.
Deformity of the left breast and axilla observed in Rembrandt's famous painting "Bathsheba at her toilet" (1654, Louvre Paris) has been discussed by several researchers. Proposed diagnoses were breast cancer and abscess due to tuberculosis. The present article reviews previous articles written concerning the left breast abnormalities of Bathsheba and carefully examines other works of Rembrandt modeled by Hendrickje and painted around 1654.
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Aust N Z J Surg
March 2000
Queensland Radium Institute Mater Centre, South Brisbane, Australia.
Background: Rembrandt's Bathsheba (Louvre, Paris) reveals an abnormality of the left breast and axilla. Previously breast cancer has been suggested as the probable diagnosis.
Methods: The present paper reviews the clinical history as well as the clinical findings.
Surgical infection in art.
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December 1996
Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
The earliest images of medicine and surgery in Western art are from the late Middle Ages. Although often attractive, at that time they were illustrative and mirrored the text on how to diagnose or treat a specific condition. These drawings in medieval manuscripts represent management of abscesses, perianal infection and fistulas, amputation, and wound dressings.
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