Shepherds with enormous goiters in a Christmas nativity scene (XVI century)

J Endocrinol Invest. 2020 Apr;43(4):553-554. doi: 10.1007/s40618-019-01124-4. Epub 2019 Sep 27.

Authors

R Dionigi¹, F Trimarchi², G Dionigi³

Affiliations

¹ University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
² Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti at the University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
³ Division for Endocrine and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood "G. Barresi", University Hospital G. Martino, University of Messina, Via C. Valeria 1, 98125, Messina, Italy. gdionigi@unime.it.

PMID: 31562615
DOI: 10.1007/s40618-019-01124-4

No abstract available

Keywords: Multinodular goiter; Nativity; Wooden little shepherds.

Publication types

Historical Article
Portrait

MeSH terms

Goiter, Nodular / history*
History, 16th Century
Humans
Male
Medicine in the Arts / history*