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Medical issues (Temas médicos) III

Diseases afflict the majority of human beings. Some are of hereditary origin (genotype) others are caused by an association of genetics with environmental factors that surround us (phenotype).

As doenças afligem a generalidade dos seres humanos. Umas são de origem hereditária (genótipo) outras são motivadas por associação da genética com os factores ambientais que nos rodeiam (fenótipo).

Joseph-Louis-Hyppolite Bellangé (1800-1866)-'sick drop'-coloured lithographic plate (Langlumé) in Album comique de pathologie pittoresque, Ambroise Tardieu, Paris (1823)

Giovanni Battista Crespi, called Cerano (ca 1575-1633)-'Saint Francis healing the leper'-oil on canvas-1630 Milano-Pinacoteca di Brera
Unknown-'vapors' coloured lithographic plate in Album comique de pathologie pittoresque, Ambroise Tardieu, Paris (1823)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)-'diphteria'-1812 Private collection

Robert Cutler Hincley (1853-1941)-'the first operation under ether (16.10.1846)'-oil on canvas-ca 1882 -oil on canvas Harvard (Ma)-Francis Countway Library of Medicine

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