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Volume 31, Number 3—March 2025
Another Dimension

Portraying Tuberculosis through Western Art, 1000–2000 CE

Yousra KherabiComments to Author  and Philippe Charlier
Author affiliation: Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France (Y. Kherabi); IAME, INSERM, Université Paris Cité, Paris (Y. Kherabi); Université Paris-Saclay, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France (P. Charlier); Biologie–Institut de France, Paris (P. Charlier)

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Figure 1

The 3 different periods of consequence in tuberculosis representation in visual art in the Western world, 1000–2000 CE. The first period (10th–18th Centuries) was marked by the magic of “the royal touch.” The second period (19th Century) displayed romanticized representations of tuberculosis. The third period (20th Century) depicted the struggle against an identified microbial enemy: Koch’s bacillus.

Figure 1. The 3 different periods of consequence in tuberculosis representation in visual art in the Western world, 1000–2000 CE. The first period (10th–18th Centuries) was marked by the magic of “the royal touch.” The second period (19th Century) displayed romanticized representations of tuberculosis. The third period (20th Century) depicted the struggle against an identified microbial enemy: Koch’s bacillus.

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