Medicine and art: Facial palsy depicted in archaic greek art on Crete
1995; Elsevier BV; Volume: 16; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0196-0709(95)90048-9
ISSN1532-818X
AutoresW. Pirsig, Emmanuel S. Helidonis, George A. Velegrakis,
Tópico(s)Ear Surgery and Otitis Media
ResumoA small earthenware statuette was evacuated from the votive-depot of acropolis of Gortys, an ancient town in South-Crete/Greece. This ex-voto is dated approximately 7th to 6th century BC and very probably represents some symptoms of a stroke, especially the left facial palsy and the contracture of the left arm. Since the Minoan time until today, people of Crete have been offering ex-votos to gods or saints to ask for help in specific diseases.
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