Mandarano Piergiorgio, Masciangelo Graziella, Armocida Emanuele
Universita Degli Studi Di Parma, Parma, Italy.
Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Di Parma, Via Gramsci 14, 43126, Parma, Italy.
Hormones (Athens). 2022 Mar;21(1):185-187. doi: 10.1007/s42000-021-00336-9. Epub 2021 Nov 9.
The year 2021 marks the 700th anniversary of Dante's death. Is it appropriate to celebrate this anniversary in a journal of endocrinology? The answer is yes-the motivation for this being found in the giants that Dante, in his Divine Comedy, places around the well that divides Circle 8 from Circle 9 of Hell. The "Supreme Poet" describes one of the giants (Nimrod, a Biblical character) as having a large and elongated face with a body of gargantuan proportions. Such a description immediately calls to mind the characteristics of acromegalic prognathism, the huge stature being the most pathognomonic aspect. Is it possible that the sharp eye of Dante had observed such a feature in people affected by actual gigantism?
2021年是但丁逝世700周年。在内分泌学杂志上庆祝这个周年合适吗？答案是肯定的——这样做的动机源于但丁在其《神曲》中描绘的位于将地狱第八层与第九层分开的井口周围的巨人。这位“至高诗人”将其中一个巨人（宁录，一个圣经人物）描述为脸大且长，身体比例巨大。这样的描述立刻让人联想到肢端肥大症凸颌的特征，巨大的身材是最具诊断意义的方面。但丁敏锐的观察力有没有可能在患有真正巨人症的人身上注意到了这样的特征呢？
