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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 11

Recovery, a life-size wood sculpture by an unnamed tuberculosis patient from an asylum in England, showcasing the patient’s direct experience with the disease as he represented himself with a sunken chest. Copyright © American Visionary Art Museum.

Figure 11. Recovery, a life-size wood sculpture by an unnamed tuberculosis patient from an asylum in England, showcasing the patient’s direct experience with the disease as he represented himself with a sunken chest. Copyright © American Visionary Art Museum.

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