01050nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001200055653001900067653002600086653002200112653001100134653001200145653000900157653002500166653001400191653002600205653001100231653001400242100002300256700001500279245014400294300001000438490000700448520029100455022001400746       2002                            d  c2002 Sep10aCroatia10aFamous Persons10aHistory, 18th Century10aHistory, Medieval10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMedicine in the Arts10aPaintings10aReligion and Medicine10aSaints10aSemantics1 aFatovic-Ferencic S1 aBuklijas T00aThe image of a leper (?): a paradigm of hidden fears of contagious diseases (exemplified in a wall painting of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary).  a447-90 v163 a<p>This is a brief study on the popular ideas about leprosy based on an 18th century wall painting in north-western Croatia portraying Saint Elisabeth healing a sick man, possibly a leper. The analysis uses examples from the history of medicine, semantics, toponymy and iconography.</p>  a0926-9959