佛兰芒绘画作品中的关节炎（1400 - 1700年）。 - Suppr

Br Med J. 1977 May 7;1(6070):1203-5. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6070.1203.

A close examination of the hands of people depicted in paintings of the Flemish school showed that in five paintings there were figures with hand lesions resembling those of rhematoid arthritis. Although none of the deformities or swellings are indisputable examples of rheumatoid arthritis, they do at least suggest that the painters must have been confronted with rheumatoid-like lesions in their models. In two other paintings there were signs of rheumatic fever and of temporal arteritis. No arthritic lesions were found in the works of painters of the Italian Renaissance, probably because they are less detailed. The finding of rheumatoid deformities in the Flemish paintings does, however, question the general belief that rheumatoid arthritis is a condition that has arisen relatively recently.

对佛兰德斯派绘画作品中人物手部的仔细检查发现，在五幅画作中，人物手部出现了类似类风湿性关节炎的损伤。尽管这些畸形或肿胀都不能确凿地证明是类风湿性关节炎，但它们至少表明画家们在模特身上肯定遇到过类似类风湿的损伤。在另外两幅画作中，有风湿热和颞动脉炎的迹象。在意大利文艺复兴时期画家的作品中未发现关节炎损伤，可能是因为他们的作品细节较少。然而，在佛兰德斯派绘画中发现类风湿畸形这一情况，确实对类风湿性关节炎是一种相对较新出现的病症这一普遍观点提出了质疑。