Still Waters Posted May 24, 2016 #1 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Science's most famous picture, Joseph Wright's "An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump," contains the accurate representation of a skin rash that is indicative of a disease recognized more than a century later, according to a new study of the iconic painting. Depicting an 18th century scientific demonstration of the properties of the vacuum, the 1768 painting may also feature the first ever picture of dermatomyositis. This is a rare inflammatory disease of the muscle, skin and blood vessels that was clinical described in the last decades of the 19th century. http://news.discovery.com/history/art-history/iconic-art-shows-disease-unknown-for-a-century-160523.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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