MEDICINE AND ART - FACIAL PALSY DEPICTED IN ARCHAIC GREEK ART ON CODE

Authors
PIRSIG W HELIDONIS E VELEGRAKIS G
Citation
W. Pirsig et al., MEDICINE AND ART - FACIAL PALSY DEPICTED IN ARCHAIC GREEK ART ON CODE, American journal of otolaryngology, 16(2), 1995, pp. 141-142
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
American journal of otolaryngology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01960709
Volume
16
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
141 - 142
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-0709(1995)16:2<141:MAA-FP>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A small earthenware statuette was evacuated from the votice-depot of a cropolis of Gortys, an ancient town in South-Crete/Greece. This ex-vot o is dated approximately 7th to 6th century BC and very probably repre sents some symptoms of a stroke, especially the left facial palsy and the contracture of the left arm. Since the Minoan time until today, pe ople of Crete have been offering ex-votos to gods or saints to ask for help in specific diseases.