Probable depiction of juvenile arthritis by Sandro Botticelli

• Published in: Arthritis and rheumatism Vol. 26; no. 10; p. 1266
• Main Authors: Alarcón-Segovia, D, Laffón, A, Alcocer-Varela, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.1983
• Subjects: Adolescent; Aged; Arthritis, Juvenile - history; Famous Persons; Finger Joint; History, 15th Century; Humans; Italy; Medicine in the Arts

There is a question whether rheumatoid arthritis is a disease of recent or ancient onset since it was only first described in 1800. In support of its earlier appearance are depictions of rheumatoid hands in Flemish paintings of the fifteenth through eighteenth centuries. The first description of juv...