Biomedical subjects

P. Marson

Publications and source records attributed to P. Marson.

4 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2001

[Malar rash in a painting by Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin (1699-1779)]

In the present report we describe a typical malar rash, as painted by Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin (1699-1779), French painter, one of the greatest of the 18th century, on the face of a child in "Le Bénédicité" (Hermitage, St. Petersburg). Three versions of this theme were more completed by Chardin, in various times of his life, but the malar eruption can be seen solely on the painting at the Hermitage. In the attempt to clarify, on a diagnostic ground, such a cutaneous abnormality, the relationships between systemic lupus erythematosus and parvovirus B19 infection, i.e. the causative agent of fifth disease, are briefly discussed.

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PubMed2001

[Rheumatology in the Italian literary fiction: "La Longobarda" by Giorgio Conconi (1999)]

In the literary fiction "La Longobarda" by Giorgio Conconi (1999) the protagonist Linda narrates her life, when about fifty she falls ill because of arthritis, thus looking prematurely older and suffering from severe disturbances of body image. This fiction represents an uncommon case of contemporary literature dealing with rheumatological topics. In the present note, it has shown how literature can contribute in several ways to achievement in the human dimension of medicine, by teaching physician concrete and powerful lessons about the lives of sick people.

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PubMed2001

[Some historical notes on popliteal cysts]

Popliteal cysts, more appropriately those involving the gastrocnemio-semimembranous bursa, are traditionally known as "Baker's cysts", since in 1877 the English surgeon William Morrant Baker published a paper on this topic ("On the formation of synovial cysts in the leg in connection with disease of the knee-joint"). As a matter of facts, some authors described popliteal cysts before Baker. In particular, in 1856 a French physician, E.Foucher, performed a clinical and experimental study on 18 patients, focusing on some important aspects on the semeiology and pathophysiology of popliteal cysts. In 1861, Pietro Antivari, a physician from Friuli, a northeastern region of Italy, graduated at the University of Padova by producing an interesting paper on the popliteal cysts ("Dell'idrope delle borse mucose poplitee con tre osservazioni"). In the present historical note we report in full one out of three cases described by Pietro Antivari.

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PubMed2001

[Saint Trophymus of Arles, the patron of sufferers from podagra]

Among the large number of saints patronizing the sufferers from gout, St. Trophymus of Arles, that lived in the first times of Christianity, is a very interesting figure, by enjoying a particular devotion in Rome during the XVII/XVIII centuries. Such a veneration, as widely described by Anton Maria Bonucci in the agiographic essay "Istoria di S. Trofimo, Arcivescovo di Arles, Primate in Francia, e Avvocato de' Podagrosi" (1711), was promoted by the Roman Congregation of the Five Wounds of Jesus Christ and practised at the San Filippo Neri's Church in via Giulia. In the present study, besides some biographical notes, it has been told how the cult of gouty subjects to St. Trophymus has been founded in Rome and displayed in a solemn fashion.

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